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Traditional games of Nepal

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349: 462: 436:. The objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their players as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders in 30 seconds. Points are scored for each player tagged by the raider, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider. Players are taken out of the game if they are touched or tackled, but return to the game after each point scored by their team from a tag or tackle. 129: 571: 542:. The game is asymmetric in that one player controls four tigers and the other player controls up to twenty goats. The tigers 'hunt' the goats while the goats attempt to block the tigers' movements. This game is also seen in southern India with a different board, but the rules are the same. This game is popular in rural areas of the country. 67: 507: 628:
head on the end. The pitch is three-quarters of the length of a standard polo pitch, due to the lower speed of the elephants. Two people ride each elephant; the elephants are steered by
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This game (also known as marbles) involves participants flicking marbles with their fingers in the hopes of pushing opponents' marbles outside of the playing area.
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regularly field teams. Equipment consists of a standard polo ball and a 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) to 3 metres (9.8 ft) cane (similar to
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A team from England have become the new world champions of elephant polo. Air Tuskers beat Scotland's Chivas, on Friday in Southern Nepal.
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has not implemented any policies for the preservation of dandi biyo, and with decreasing players the game is expected to be extinct soon.
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Though this game goes by other names in neighboring countries, it is primarily known in Nepal as seven stones.
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involving a ball and a pile of flat stones, generally played between two teams in a large outdoor area.
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in which players must move a rock across the playing area as they hop through it.
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was declared as the national sport. Dandi biyo is played with a stick (
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has many traditional games that are similar to other
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Index

Nepal
traditional South Asian games
Dandi biyo
Dandi biyo
Nepali
[ˈɖʌɳɖiˈbijo]

Nepal
de facto
volleyball
gilli danda
government
Pambaram

Pambaram
Tamil
Malayalam
Urdu
Bengali
Bhojpuri
Marathi
Kannada
Telugu
top
India
Bangladesh
hopscotch
Chungi
Chungi
Nepali

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