Bengali traditional games
Some traditional Bengali games are thousands of years old and reference historical ways of life.
[citation needed] For example, it is argued that some of the rhymes used to be associated with the gameplay of Gollachut, in which players run from the center of a circle towards a boundary area to be safe from opponents, may refer to escape attempts by slaves during the Indus Valley Civilisation or afterward.
[4] With riverine Bangladesh's geography being dominated by the world's largest delta, the country has over 230 rivers in its terrain.
The rivers have played an important role in the livelihoods of the native Bengali people.
Common in rural areas, Nouka Baich is a very old tradition of the folk Bengali culture going back centuries.
The various Nawab families throughout Mughal Bengal were also known for organising races and the use of Sari gan started to become more popular.
He was a landlord and resident of Satkania Upazila under Madarsha Union in Chittagong district.
Reportedly, beginning in 1879, during the first month of each year, he collected dues from his renters and arranged a boli khela match.
After his death, the 7th of Boishakh, the first month of the Bengali calendar year, started being called "Mokkaro Boli Khela".
Rich farmers and other eminent people hired lathial for security and as a symbol of their power.
Zamindars (feudal lords) sent groups of lathial to forcefully collect taxes from villagers.
[citation needed] It is played with either a smaller, broken piece of an earthen pot or flat clay that is rectangular or circular.
The four roles are Raja (King), Mantri (Minister), chor (thief) and sipahi (soldier).
[10][9] In Chikka, also known as "tug and trip", there are two teams who assemble across either side of a dividing line.
[9] In Elating Belating, there are two teams who each form a line by holding hands and facing each other.
[10][12] Also known as Phul Tokka, players are separated by an equal distance from a dividing boundary line.
When a player guesses incorrectly, the opponent that touched them on the forehead gets to take a leap forward.
[15] The game is believed to be reminiscent of laborers or slaves attempting to escape doing agricultural work (i.e. grinding crops in a farmhouse).
[a] The term kabaddi is from a Tamil word composed of "Kai" and "Pidi", meaning "hand catch".
There are accounts of Gautama Buddha and Lord Krishna having played an ancient form of the sport.
It is like taming a bull without touching it, as it is mentioned in Sangam Literature that the game called Sadugudu was practised since ages.
[citation needed] Snakes and ladders originated as part of a family of Indian dice board games that included gyan chauper and pachisi (known in English as Ludo and Parcheesi).
