Traditional Game Gilli Dandu and Its Contribution to Sports and Games

Abstract

Gilli Dandu' is a simple and amateur game of society; it spreads valuable ideas to the future generation. It provides equal opportunities for all the people. As per 'pardanas' (folk epic narration) the winning of poor boys leads to the class struggle in the society. In addition, the game exhibits similarities with some of the competitive games like Baseball, Cricket and Soft ball. People in England pick up bat and ball to play, in the same way in 'Tulu Nadu' boys and girls pick up 'Gilli and Dandu ‘to play.