Page 11 - Oct-Dec 2019

VOL. 16 No. 4

DID YOU KNOW?
The original game of Chauka Bara
is known by numerous names in
different regions like Daayam in
Tamil Nadu, Cheeta in Madhya
Pradesh, Ashta Chamma’in
Telangana and

NEVER FLOWN A Kaangi Chaala in Gujarati.
KITE –2

HOw TO PLAy THIS

SEEN A PUPPET GAME:
SHOW +2
• Lay out the game flat on a board or

a table and collect the four tokens
per player.

• If you are using cowries:
1 mouth up- move one square

2 mouth up- move two squares
3 mouths up- move three squares

4 mouths up (chauka)- move four
squares and play again
No mouths up (bara)- move 8

squares and play again.

• There are eight boxes in our game

with conditions.

• These conditions will either help

you move forward or bring you
NOT LEARNT HOW TO
SPIN A TOP –3
backward. For example - You know
your family tree on your paternal
and maternal side. Move 2 steps

HEARD A STORY ABOUT forward (+2). If you do not know
YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S
CHILDHOOD +3
then stay in the same position.

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