Study On Selected Rural Culture Games Of Gulbarga District

Authors

  • Dr. Prasanna Kumar .S, Dr. N.G. Kannur Dr. Rajkumar Karve Department of Physical Education, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-585106, Karnataka Chairman, P.G Course in Physical Education Department of Physical Education, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-585106, Karnataka UGC-Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Education, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-585106, Karnataka.

Keywords:

Culture, , concentration, building strategy

Abstract

Culture games are part of the village life they are evolved over a period of time and in their theory and practice suggestive of the mode and attitudes of village culture. The values that we achieve by playing these games are more when compared to the games that we play nowadays. Some of the values that we gain are that they are environment friendly, we get a chance to learn about our culture and history, and an important thing is, it is suitable for all ages, so they increase the interaction between generations. Many modern games played around the world have their origin in these traditional games this is a pride to our country's culture.

Since sports and games are also part of the intangible heritage and symbolise cultural diversities of our societies, it requires impetus in the form of research initiatives. In order to outline the research approach towards the development of culture games and sports of Gulbarga district. The present study on the selected culture games of Gulbarga district is conducted to study the nature of games, their existence and benefits to the individuals who are participated in games is also studied. Also to study the traditional system of district towards rural culture games, purpose of organization and to find out new games existence with the involvement of pilot study.

It is concluded that the culture games can have more direct impact on making of the individual particularly in molding of the individual’s Personality. Culture Games were not just games; they were designed in such a way that one can develop lot of skills like logical thinking, building strategy, concentration, basic mathematics, aiming, and lot more. Now a days we develop these skills by paying money to centres that conduct personal development courses. Culture Games act as learning aids. They teach us many things while playing like to learn to win and lose, develop sensory skills, count, add, improve motor skills, identify color, improve hand-eye co-ordination and finally to have fun, naturally one play or watch a game to have fun.

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2015-03-31

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (2015): MARCH 2015

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