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Any number of people can play this game. This game is also known as "Pithoo" in some regions of India. Posham Posh. Posham Pa is an outdoor game played with 3 or more players. This game is more commonly played in rural India by 4 -8 year olds.Two players make a gate like structure by joining their hands and holding it high up together.
India has several traditional games and sports, [1] some of which have been played for thousands of years. [2] [3] [4] Their popularity has greatly declined in the modern era, with Western sports having overtaken them during the British Raj, [5] and the Indian government now making some efforts to revive them.
As the game proceeds, each player distributes the shells over all the pits. The players may capture the shells, as permitted by the rules of the game. The rules of capture depend on the variant of the game played. The game ends when one of the players captures all the shells, and is declared as a winner.
Kho kho is a traditional South Asian sport that dates to ancient India. [38] [39] It is the second-most popular traditional tag game in the Indian subcontinent after kabaddi. [40] Kho kho is played on a rectangular court with a central lane connecting two poles which are at either end of the court.
Fabric chausar board. Chaupar (IAST: caupaṛ), chopad or chaupad is a cross and circle board game very similar to pachisi, played in India.The board is made of wool or cloth, with wooden pawns and seven cowry shells to be used to determine each player's move, although others distinguish chaupur from pachisi by the use of three four-sided long dice. [1]
Gella-Chutt (transl. "the king ran away") is a traditional Indian game from Tripura. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the game, one team has a king stationed in a "prison", which is at a distance from the "home" area. The goal of the king is to reach home with the help of his teammates ("guards") without being tagged by the opponents.
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South Indian culture refers to the cultural region typically covering the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.The idea of South India is closely linked to the Dravidian ethnic and linguistic identity and therefore it can also refer to groups in central India such as the Gondi and the Kui.