Rural sports are disappearing from the villages of Bangladesh.

download (3).jpg
image source
Rural sports are disappearing from the villages of Bangladesh. Traditional rural sports are a living source of juicy life. It is the food of entertainment! Most of the traditional games of Abhaman Bengal are on the verge of extinction today. However, some sports are still in vogue in rural areas, but due to lack of enthusiasm and patronage, it is going to be stopped.
At one time there were more than a hundred rural sports in the rural areas of different parts of the district. The boys used to play ha-du-du, dangs, kabaddi, gollachut, khete khela, daur-jhamp, gadan, chike, kapaltoka, kanamachhi bho bho, malam khela, kusti, dub swimming, boating, lathi khela, bullfighting, rooster fighting , Hail bull, sack race, hide and seek and many more games. And the girls used to play Gollachut, Ekkadokka, Panchguti, Chorpulish, Bouchi, Kitarkit, Cow game, Pillow change, Lukochuri, Puppet game, Ranbabati and many other games.

Most of these games are now on the verge of extinction. Ha-du-du, kabaddi, lathikhela and a few other games are still in vogue. These games are still seen in rural areas during the first Boishakh and Grameen Mela. Instead of these traditional sports, football was introduced in this country a long time ago. Currently in danger due to lack of proper patronage and playground. Although cricket is not our domestic sport, it is one of the most popular sports in our country like other countries.

Related image
At one time shepherd boys used to go to the fields to graze cows and school going boys and girls used to play various rural sports. At present, many rural sports have died long ago due to lack of open space or playgrounds in urban as well as rural areas. As a result, video games, television, mobile phones, etc. have taken the place of rural sports. As soon as the children get some time, they get used to these things. There is no substitute for sports for physical development just as education develops children mentally. In the old days, there were regular competitions for ha-du-du, kabaddi and lathi in the countryside. These games were organized in different villages. People used to come in groups from far and wide to watch all these games. Many players used to play for different teams in exchange for money. In that way, if he played well, he would get various prizes including money and his reputation as a good player would spread in the area. People from all walks of life respected these players.

Earlier, various sports were organized in all schools, colleges and madrasas every year. At present many educational institutions do not even have their own playground. As a result, the physical development of the students is not happening due to the absence of sports presence. At present, as a result of the decline of Akash culture, children are gradually becoming averse to play. The children of this generation do not even know the name of these rural sports, which is a thousand year old tradition of rural Bengal. But at one time the fullness of the Bengali tradition could not be imagined without all these sports. At present, due to the absence of these traditional sports, the thousand-year-old Bengali tradition has been lost from the rural areas.

If this situation continues, rural sports may soon be lost from our culture. Will turn into a fairy tale. However, it is still possible to sustain many of the lost games if initiatives are taken at the government and private levels. Our ancestors have a vital relationship with all these rural sports. Therefore, in order to preserve their memory and tradition, we should organize all these rural games and attract them to the present and future generations for its introduction and its benefits.

Today those rural games are being lost. So the rural games want to get back to the game dear spectators. Rural sports are getting lost from the villages of Bangladesh. Traditional rural sports are a living source of juicy life. It is the food of entertainment! Most of the traditional games of abhaman Bengal are on the verge of extinction today. However, some sports are still popular in rural areas, but due to lack of enthusiasm and patronage, they are going to be stopped.
At one time there were more than a hundred rural sports in the rural areas of different parts of the district. The boys used to play ha-du-du, dangs, kabaddi, gollachut, khete khela, daur-jhamp, gadan, chike, kapaltoka, kanamachhi bho bho, malam khela, kusti, dub swimming, boating, lathi khela, bullfighting, rooster fighting , Heel bull, sack race, hide and seek and many other games. And the girls used to play Gollachut, Ekkadokka, Panchguti, Chorpulish, Bouchi, Kitarkit, Cow game, Pillow change, Lukochuri, Puppet game, Ranbabati and many other games.