Ancient games disappearing

Sports have a very close relationship with human life. Every society has its own unique folk games which reflect the values ​​and culture of that society. Many folk sports are also popular in Punjabi culture. While these games are a source of entertainment, they also play an important role in shaping the personality of children. It is our folk sports that bring us together


One is taught to maintain, to rise above caste and creed and to play together. In Punjabi culture, Gulli Danda, Rabb Di Haveli, Gudiyan Patole, Shtapu, Gita, Ingan Mingan, Bander Qila, Bhanda Bhandaria, Kikli, Pecho, Lukan Miti, Kotla Chhapaki, Pithu Garam, Chiri Ud Kaan Ud, Aankar Hi There are folk games which Punjabi boys and girls used to spend their childhood playing.


There is no fixed time or place for playing these games, but in summer, winter, afternoons, bright nights, in the open courtyards, in the streets, in the shade of tahlis and brotas, these folk games can be played whenever the heart desires. But while the winds of modernism have eroded Punjabi culture, today our folk sports are on the verge of extinction. Kikli is a popular game for girlsWhich is also a kind of dance. The girls made shoes, put combs on their hands and walked around and chanted 'Kikkli kalir di, pag mere veer di, dupatta bharjai da, fite muh javai da.' Picking up the Gita by lifting the Gita with the same hand. Heel Charappa is a game played by two teams. In it, a team of girls spread their legs on the ground with their feet

Making the ocean with feet together and the girls of the other team taking turns jumping over the ocean. Each time the legs are joined and after one fist the number of fists and then the knots increase, which has to be crossed by jumping. If the jumping girl's limb or cloth touches the girl sitting down, she will be out of the game. Lukan Mitti was a popular game for young children, played in teams.One child would take turns and all the others would go into hiding, then it would be his turn to find the first one. To play Bhanda Bhandaria, one child would sit on the ground with his legs outstretched and the other children would put their fists on his head and chant, "Bhanda Bhandaria, how much weight, take one fist and prepare the other."

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The easiest and most enjoyable game is to fly a bird, which the children have to sit in a circle and put one of their fingers on the ground. Then one child takes a turn and says, 'Fly, fly, fly.' And those children blow up the animal then kill him

Entertaining punishment to be given. Gulli Danda is an ancient Punjabi game played with a five finger long gully on just one pole. Pulling out a ghutti and placing the gulli in it and bouncing it with a stick and if a child picks up the gulli then the bouncing player will be out of the game. Kotla urticaria is a very interesting and exercise game in which children form a circle and sit down with their heads down, then a player holding a cloth in his hand and running around chanting, Shamat has come. '

In the hot back, the player aims to hit the shards with the ball by placing five or seven shards on top of each other. Trying to get out of the game. There are hundreds of ancient folk games that have been replaced by electronic games in today's technological age. Mobile / Computer

The new cheese of the digital age, which is growing up by playing games, is completely infallible from our traditional folk games. These folk games not only gave mental strength to our children but also helped in their physical development, but it is a pity that today's childhood has completely forgotten these folk games and is engrossed in electronic games. Playing games on the computer or mobile phone all day long is a very dangerous phenomenon.

Is Excessive use of mobile games has made our children mentally ill. There are some games like Pub Ji and Vice City which are dominating the tender minds of the children. If this trend continues then we will have to open mobile detox centers on the lines of drug detox centers. It is our duty to encourage our children to play these folk games again so that they can indoors

Don't become enslaved to mobile and computer. If we still do not take this problem seriously, we must be prepared for the dire consequences of this phenomenon.