Tekeli Bhonga Khel – Assam

Mitdel Khuangvuak– Mizoram

Materials required

  1. A (or a few) Earthen Pot
  2. A Bamboo/wooden stick (3 to 4 feet long)
  3. A piece of clean and soft cloth of approximately 75 centimetre length.

Method

This game is generally played by children of 5 years and above and even adults. Here, an upside down earthen pot is kept on the ground. The player is made to stand at a certain distance approximately 10-15 feet or more from the pot.

The distance from the pot varies according to the age group. To defined boundaries border lines can be drawn 15 feet around the pot.

How to play

First of all, the player is allowed to see the pot to have a rough idea about the distance. Then the he/she is given a stick to hold at one end and which he/she has to carry on the shoulder. After that the player is blind folded properly with a piece of cloth.

Then to confuse the player about the direction another member or an adult turns the player around once or more depending on the age of the child.

Generally, after the player is turned around, he/she is made to stand as he/she was originally facing the earthen pot. Now the child is asked to move forward and bang/hit the pot with the stick the player is carrying.

If it is a competition the competitor has to break the pot. But, for children in the age group of 3-6 years, even if the pot is not broken, but touched, is considered as successful turn. If there is more than one player who could break/touch the pot,  considered as winners.

 when the children play the game just to have fun, instead of an earthen pot they can use any other objects like an empty tin, a cardboard cartoon.