Games
A short description of the games. The intention is to show these old traditional games with images. Why not in the future with short video clips.
Playing with matches (Tokh Ma'la' Joff)
What is needed? Two boxes of matches or more.When? At new year (Nouroz).Usually the boys compete with each other, rarely girls.Two boys are facing each other. One has a number of matches hidden in his hand.Stretches out his hand and asks the other: Tokh m'ala 'joff? (odd or even?).The person who answers correctly gets the number of hidden matches from his opponent. You can come home with a number of boxes of matches if you are lucky of course.
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Playing with eggs (egg smash challenge)
In Abyaneh's rich history and culture, Eid Nowruz has been an opportunity to cherish the famous and deeply rooted numerous domestic games such as "Egg Contest" among the children not least adults. Urban life has had a negative impact on the lives of Abyaneh's people, including traditional customs such as local and indigenous games held in Nowruz that are increasingly forgotten. The revival of native and local games is important in the dynamism and vitality of the new generation. One of Nowruz highlights for the children in Abyaneh is to play egg games. A way to rest from school work.How's the game going?What is needed? Two eggs.When plays this game? At new year (Nouruz)
The egg competition is a double game. At the beginning of the game, one player holds his egg in a tight ring between the thumb and forefinger so that the tip is pointed upwards, and the other player strikes with tip of his/her egg against first players egg. The loser is one with the broken egg. Beating on the side of the egg is not acceptable and whoever strikes is the loser of the game. Every egg that breaks, the player is a loser and must give his egg to the opponent.
Sometimes competing hit eggs to the their front teeth with the tip of the egg to pick firmer eggs for competition. From the sound can be determined the egg's strength or shell thickness. Image: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand: Photo Sohrab Roshandel
Playing with round stones (Yájeh)
What is needed?Five round, smooth little stones. Good to have more round stones in reserve.2 to 5 playing in a group.The play is called Yajeh. Needs with 5 round small, smooth stones.When? Any time they gett the chance.The girls collect the stones under waterfalls that have formed round shapes. Playing ball with round stones is an old game that follows the children in the village of abyaneh even today! Generation after generation, children enjoy collecting small stones and playing ball. They play against their playmates two two or in a group of 3-4-5 people. This play is the girls' favourite, rarely do boys want to play with stone balls. Link:
Playing with wooden sticks (Locko-Choo)
Locko-Choo is played lively by girls , boys, women and men in Abyaneh at the Persian New Year (Nowruz), Specially at Sizdebedar, that is on the thirteenth day of the New Year, in an open field. Reminds one as baseboll. One with a long bat strike a 20 cm wood stick, should be caught before hit the ground, win on points. Watch YouTube Clip! Link: https://youtu.be/w4E-tftIOm4
Playing with rope (Kaye torra')
Group of 5 -9 the young normally boys gather together hand to hand in a circle, one jumps in the center and has a thick rope in his hand which he tries to heat the others, the one who gets touch by the rope is the looser. The picture is borrowed. Thanks to myabayneh.ir & KohanDiyar(viuna) for enabling us to show this old and exciting traditional game.
Skip opponents (Kafshák)
Group of 5 or less, nr 1 bends over (flexion), keeping hands over knees, letting the others jump over his back, nr 2 bends, other jumps an so on. Image source: myabyaneh.ir
