GAME -3
On the Day three of the campaign #WRITE A PAGE A DAY, Pallankuzhi
an ancient game which is played in the house holds of Tamil Nadu will be
presented in detail.
At first basic requirements of the game:
Number of persons: Minimum 2 and Maximum 2
Preferred age group: Above the age of 10
Duration of the play: Minimum half an hour.
Best time to play:
Any time, when two people are free.
Preferred surface: on the floor or on the table where
the pallankuzhi is evenly placed.
Things required to play: Pallankuzhi and the usual
chozhi (shells) or dried tamarind seeds- 35 coins per person is required and five coins in each hole
How to play: The play begins after the toss and the
one who wins, starts by picking up coins from a hole and places one in each
hole going anti clockwise. When he reaches the end of the row, he moves to the
other side and when all his coins are over, he takes the coins from the next
hole and continues playing till he reaches an empty hole. The coins in the
holes before the empty one are taken by the player and placed in his treasure.
Then the next player starts to play from the hole next
to the empty hole. He follow the same pattern of the game and when he drops the
last coin before two empty holes, he should stop as his turn ends with that.
The game progress like this and when one round is
over, the two members check their treasure and fill as many holes as possible
with their coins. The one who lost in the first round may not be able to fill
all the holes in the row. The empty ones remain empty and they will not be
filled and the turns will be interchanged. (the one who played first in the
first round, will play second in the
second round) The game ends only when one has no coins or at least 5 coins to
fill the holes.
Reference to this Game: This game finds reference in
the stories told by Grandparents. In the Tamil Literature, Pallanguzhi finds place
in Short stories of rural importance. It is a game played by both men and women
and it insists in providing equal opportunity to erase the gap of the rich and
the poor
The game has a peculiar message of sharing and
distributing evenly and equally the seeds and lands, like a coin being placed in each hole.
It is explained that the distribution of seeds among
farmers helped to have good crops and harvest. In those days various seeds are
distributed to the farmers for those who can’t effort to buy seeds from the
market or other sources. The government or the wealthy persons of the village
or the co farmers who had good yield and had stock of seeds of grain, cereal or
other crop share it with the others who are in dire need of it .This helps the
farmer, the village and as well as the people depending on them. This leads to
a good farming with natural seeds. This leads to high yields, good returns and
a harmony among farmers. No one is deprived of healthy living and it is a sort
of sustainable living with organic farming and they all had a fine coordination
with nature.
Then comes the sharing concept that too is highly
relatable to the eco -friendly means of living. In those days many farmers
don’t own land for farming. They work under daily wage in the other’s fields.
In some cases the owner of the land shares it with a farmer, and there he will
do farming and the harvest is shared between the two in a ratio of the
practising format. This makes both the land and the farmer to a good use and
earning respectively. No land is left vacant as agriculture was the major
occupation and Greenery was all around.
(This blog post is a part of BLOGCHATTER’S CAUSEA
CHATTER AND BLOG CHATTER’S #WRITE A PAGE A DAY)
(Today’s word count 667 #Write A Page A Day)
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