GAME 11
On the Eleventh Day of the campaign #WriteAPageADay, Nool Mudichu a simple game of children will be presented in detail. It is a game played and enjoyed only by few enthusiastic children as it requires acute concentration and techniques to play instead of running and jumping.
At first basic requirements of the game:
Number of persons:
2 or more
Preferred age group: Above the age of 10
Duration of the play: Minimum half an hour
Best time to play: Any time
Place to play: where the players can sit and play
Things required to play: 1.25mts of a string looped and tied together
at the ends
How to play: one person should put the string on the hands
of the other, then he should loop it over his palm. Using his middle finger he
hooks the string that runs across each opposing. The base for the game “Nool Mudichu” is
formed.
There will be one chance for each person to make his
base without any tangle. Then there are many different forms to choose to play.
Children mostly love to do:
*string in a ring
*hand trap
Seniors in this game will play a bit more intricate
ones like:
*hand cuffs
*thumb trap
*Cup &saucer
*The saw
*double diamond
*butterfly
Players usually practice once before they start the play.
If any one step goes wrong, they lose the game. Practice is highly recommended
for this game. When one is successful in
creating either “thumb trap, finger trap, or hand trap” he/ she should be able
to release the same also. Then he/she is declared a winner.
Reference to this game: This game can be found playing in many house-
holds of Tamil Nadu both by children and elders (especially grandparents amuse
their grandchildren by performing or displaying their skills in “Nool Mudichu”)
Many elders suggests that those who learn to play this
game at younger age will be able to make scouting knots easily in their Teens. Moreover villagers encourage the children to learn
this game as the same technique is believed to be effective in tying cattle in
their sheds.
The reference to this game can be found in a Sanskrit Drama
“Madhyama Vyaayoga” of Bhasa, where Ghatotkacha wins Bheema in wrestling and ties
him up (body trap) with a magical rope.
(This blogpost is a part of Blog Chatter's #WriteAPageADay)
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