GAME 20
On the Twentieth Day of the campaign, #WRITE A PAGE A DAY, Aakku Paakku Vetthala Pakku an ancient game which is highly popular and
widely played in the house holds of Tamil Nadu will be presented in detail.
At first basic
requirements of the game:
Number of persons:
Minimum 3 and Maximum 5
Preferred age group: From
5 - 10 years
Duration of the play:
Minimum half an hour
Best time to play:
Evenings.
Preferred surface: On the
floor (where all the children can sit and place their hands on the floor
sitting in a circle)
How to play: All children
should sit in a circle and keep their hands on the floor and their palm should
touch the floor. One of the children usually the elder in the group will start
to sing:
Aakku Paakku Vetthala Pakku
Daam Doom Daiya
Aska Lakkadi Buska Lakkadi
Sundara Koppara Koyya
During this one of his hand will be in the ground and the other hand
will be used to point and count the hands of other players. For each word in the
song one hand is counted. For example for the word Aakku in the song one finger
is counted. The song and the count will move in the clockwise direction. He/she
should fold a finger if the song ends in his/her hand. The lines are repeated
and the same procedure is followed till the number of hands is reduced to
single. One should take his hand out of the circle when all his/her fingers are
closed with song endings.
Reference to the game: Reference to this game can be found in the
family functions and festivals where all the children gather and have fun time.
This is a renowned game introduced to every kid at his/her early age itself. As
this a simple game with a song parents encourage it very much as there is no
fear of fall or skid. An activity done sitting together.
(This blogpost is a part of Blog Chatter's #WriteAPageADay)
(Today's word count 325 #WriteAPageADay)
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