GamesWheel AwayThis game is similar to the preceding game except the players... Canaries The favorite cage-bird is the canary, which, though a foreign... Nuts In May The players stand in two rows, facing each other and holding ... Walnut Boats Open English walnuts, remove meat, and in each half shell fas... Sardines _10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; house party._ ... Feather Race The contestants endeavour to blow a feather over a certain co... Hands Up Hands Down _10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ This is a schoolroo... Definitions The teacher selects some word from the dictionary, which is w... |
Source: Indian Games
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IntroductoryIntroductory Note.--Games of the "subjective" class, designated as guessing
games by Dr. Culin, were generally accompanied by singing. There is a great
variety in the games of this class, and five examples drawn from different
sections of the country are here presented.
Indian games of this character do not always depend so much on chance as on
the quickness of vision and skilful manipulation by the players. In games
of this class the Indians never make random motions, all their movements,
whether of the body, the feet, the hands or arms, being always in strict
accord with the accompanying song, while the drama implied in the game is
acted out, at the same time, more or less clearly. In these games the
Indian players seem to be impelled by a common rhythmic and dramatic
impulse, making a unity that enhances the interest and pleasure excited by
the game.
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