Gite (game)
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Gite is a popular children's game played all over India. Variations of the game have spread to as diverse locations as (among many others) Israel and Paraguay (where it is called "tikichuela.")
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[edit] Equipment
5 Round stones of fairly equal proportions, not too large, not too small.
[edit] Players
2 to Infinity
[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Round 1
Throw: Toss all the stones into the air, allowing them to fall to the ground. If one stone is touching, or resting on another, pick it up. Otherwise, take one of the stones into your hand.
Toss and Catch: Using only one hand, throw the selected stone into the air, quickly snatch up another from the floor and then catch the falling stone. You will now have two stones in your hand. Transfer one stone to your other hand, or out of the way. Repeat, picking up all the four stones on the floor. You are out in each round if you fail to catch a stone, drop a stone or touch a stone other than the one you are trying to pick up. If you are out then you pass the stones to your left and wait for your next turn.
If you manage to pick up all four stones then you progress to round 2 immediately.
[edit] Round 2
Throw
Toss and Catch: But this time, pick up two stones at a time from the floor.
[edit] Round 3
Throw
Toss and Catch: But this time, pick up one stone the first time, then three at once on the second.
[edit] Round 4
Put all the stones in your hand. Throw one into the air, put all the others onto the ground and then catch the stone in air.
Now throw the one stone into the air again, pick up all the stones on the ground in one go, the catch the stone in the air.
[edit] Round 5
Put all the stones in your hand. Throw the stones and catch them on the back of the same hand. Then, throw the stones from the back of your hands up and catch them as normal. If stones fall off during this process it is okay.
Count the stones left in your hand.
If you have 3, then the other players slap your hand and you miss your go.
If you have any other number, remember it* and move on to round 6.
[edit] Round 6: 'Cutta' (male dog)
Throw The person to your right nominates one stone by pointing, this stone must be moved last. Pick up any other stone.
Make a 'tunnel' with one hand's thumb and forefinger.
Toss and Catch: But this time instead of catching the stone on the floor, you must push it through the tunnel, and then catch the stone thrown in the air.
You may have as many goes as you like to get your stones through, but the nominated stone must be pushed through the tunnel in one go only.
- Round 6 is repeated the number of times as decided upon in Round 5. You can complete less than that number in one turn, and then just complete the remainder on your next go.
[edit] Round 7: 'Cutti' (female dog)
As Round 6, except this time you make a 'cup' shape with one hand and then sweep stones into it.
- Round 7 is repeated the number of times as decided upon in Round 5. You can complete less than that number in one turn, and then just complete the remainder on your next go.
[edit] Round 8
Put all the stones in your hand.
The person to your right makes a 'chopping' hand on the floor. You then drop the stones over his hand so the stones fall to either side of it.
If stones fall on one side only, you are out.
The person on the right lifts his hand and then removes any stone of his choosing.
You must now 'flick' any one stone onto another, and then flick one of the last two onto the other one, in just two flicks.
- Round 8 is repeated the number of times as decided upon in Round 5. You can complete less than that number in one turn, and then just complete the remainder on your next go.
When you have completed Round 8, you get 100 x the number from Round 5 in points, and then start again at Round 1.
[edit] Conclusion
To be played ad nauseam.
