Old Games in Tamilnadu

 

1.Kabaddi

Tamil Nadu is home to the popular team sport of Kabaddi. Kabaddi is the state sport of Tamil Nadu.  The goal of the game, which includes two teams, is for a “raider” from one team to invade the other team’s half, tag as many opponents as they can, and then escape without being caught.

 

 

2.Pallanguzhi

Mostly a ladies game.  A traditional hardwood board with multiple small pits and little seeds or shells is used in the classic board game Pallanguzhi. With the objective of gathering the most seeds, players take turns picking up seeds and scattering them in the pits.

 

 

3.Uriyadi

Uriyadi involves smashing a small earthen pot with a long stick usually with a cloth wrapped around the eyes to prevent the participants from seeing the pot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.Pacha Kudhura  (Green Horse)

 

A traditional game called Pacha Kudhura is comparable to Hurdles Race. It was a game that kings and their troops used to train for battle. The name of this game, Pacha Kudhura, comes from the fact that one player bends forward like a horse while the other jumps over him. The players' ability to jump over tall barriers and other challenges is improved by this game. Also played by teenagers with their peers. Most of the time, it happens in the moonlight. Jumping over another player's leg is the initial move in this game. Consequently, this game is also known as Callthandi game..

 

5.PANDI OR NONDI (LAME GAME)

This is an outdoor game usually played by girls.  To highlight the social life through games, there are many games in our Tamil society. Among them, the game is multi-lingual, which combines social life with home life. Multilingual game is also known as pandi game. There are three types of polygamous games namely Muthattam, Pasuattam and Kattattam.

 

6.Kho-Kho

In the tag game Kho-Kho, two teams alternately chase and tag the opponents’ team members who are seated in a row. The team that tags every adversary in the least amount of time wins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.GOLI GUNDU

 

A goalie is a tiny glass ball that has been painted. These typically have a 1.25 or 0.635 diameter. Children utilize these in a variety of games. One of the traditional games in Tamil Nadu is goligundu. The only people who play it are kids.Pitting and dashing arenas will be set up separately in the field.The heel of the bullet will set the hole to the screw's depth. Goligundu is made of rounded pebbles, crumbled bricks, and pebbles. It was also employed following the release of colored glass bombs.

8.Kannamoochi - Hide and Seek:

 

One boy will close his eyes and all the players will run on a given signal, and go to hide somewhere convenient to them. The boy will open his eyes and go on the “hunt” to find out the other boys. The very first boy caught will be the next one to close his eyes, and continue the play for a long time till all the boys feel haggard to stop the game.

 

 

9.BAMBARAM (SPINNING TOP)

A game that is played with a bambaram, or spinning top, a device that stands on an equinox and rotates on an axis around it. The bending force keeps the paddle spinning as it is rotated around its shaft using fingers, a rope, or a whip. The axis is initially deflected and then the position is staggered as a result of this force's reduction throughout rotation due to friction with the air. There are several locations where Bambaram is performed.

 

10.Kal Pattal 

 

One of the traditional games played in Tamil Nadu is called Kal Pattal. Round stones the size of a finger are used for this. Four or five people dance while seated in a circle. Four bells are used if five people are playing. The person who is closest to the person who doesn't have a stone wills his stone higher than his head. The person next to him who doesn't have a stone will catch it and toss it to him

 

11.KALLA MANNA

 

In Tamil Nadu's rural communities, boys and girls enjoy playing the game called Kalla Manna. one of the games that has just become extinct. There will be a graduate chosen. He needs to touch. The only person the sage will touch is the one standing on the stone if he claims to be a stone. Don't touch somebody who is on the ground and standing. If the master says "dirt," he will only touch the person who is standing on it. The person seated on the stone should not be touched. When someone has attained mastery, they will frequently alter what they consider to be soil and stone. If someone is touched, they become the person who was touched, and the game continues. There is also the option of standing and using a stick to playfully touch the stone or soil. Everyone should use a stick if they are to be touched by one.

 

12.Kite Flying

Particularly during celebrations like Pongal, kite flying is a well-liked pastime in Tamil Nadu. Kids enjoy battling it out to cut the strings of their rivals’ kites in the sky with different colours and shapes.

 

13.KITTI-PUL OR GILLI-DANDA

 

Children in Tamil Nadu were playing kitti-pul, also known as gilli-danda, long before cricket became the most popular sport in the world. It requires striking a small wooden piece with a longer stick from a starting circle and is intended for teams of four or more players. Kitti-pul was not about winning rewards, "it was about learning hand-eye coordination, and gaining a lot of time to run around in the playground with friends."

 

14.Paramapadham

It is also known as Thayam in Tamilnadu is a very popular indoor game, which is believed to be played even by the heavenly beings like angels and sages. The board for Paramapatham consists of totally 100 squares which are marked by ladders and snakes randomly. If a snakes head starts in a square it will end at few grinds down. Game Pieces may be anything like Seeds, Coins, and Shells, the only requirement is that each coin should be unique and should easily differentiated from each other.