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Pambaram throwing top Lattu (Spinning top) in art, Kolkata, West Bengal. Pambaram (Tamil: பம்பரம், Malayalam: പമ്പരം), also called the Lattu (Urdu: لٹو), Latim (Bengali: লাটিম), Lattoo (Bhojpuri: 𑂪𑂗𑂹𑂗𑂴) Bhawra (Marathi: भावरा), Buguri (Kannada: ಬುಗುರಿ), or Bongaram (Telugu: బొంగరం), is a traditional ...
Kanamachi (Bengali: কানামাছি, romanized: Kanamachhi, lit. 'Blind Fly', also spelt Kanamasi or Khanamasi) is a traditional game popular in Bangladesh [1] [2] and in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Odisha and Tripura. It is played mainly by children and is one of the most popular games among Bangladeshi villagers ...
Some traditional Bengali games are thousands of years old and reference historical ways of living and historical events. [citation needed] For example, it is argued that some of the rhymes used to be associated with the gameplay of Gollachut, in which players run from the center of a circle towards a boundary area to be safe from opponents, may refer to escape attempts by slaves during the ...
Lathi khela (Bengali: লাঠি খেলা) is a traditional Bengali martial art [1] [2] – a kind of stick fighting practiced in Bangladesh. [3] A practitioner is known as a lathial . [ 4 ] Lathi khela originated from the Bengal region in Indian subcontinent .
This competitive game, often referred to as a "top fight," includes various techniques and challenges such as long spins, long throws, quick returns, bumps, and stews. [5] Long Spin: Players compete to see whose top spins the longest. After a certain spin duration, one top strikes another, and the winner is the one whose top continues spinning ...
Angel chimes have candle holders at the base which provide heat which turns a turbine at the top, which powers a series of trumpet-holding angel figures which "fly" around in a circle, striking bells beneath them.
The word whirligig derives from two Middle English words: whirlen (to whirl) and gigg (top), [9] or literally "to whirl a top". The Oxford English Dictionary cites the Promptorium parvulorum (c. 1440), the first English-Latin dictionary, which contains the definition "Whyrlegyge, chyldys game, Latin: giracu-lum". [10] It is therefore likely the ...
The word is derived from the dialect word for circling, turning (Draul). The game used to be called Pumwoilfaln. Drauln is an entertaining game in which skill and luck often play a part. Depending on how the top is spun, a distinction is made between a 'curved spin' (Bogenschub) and a classic 'straight spin' (Geradenschub).