Thank you for this, specially. It was indeed very informative. On a series of topics related to Goa, it's often difficult to get information. You have managed to give us not just the info, but also the pics and videos. Do consider putting together some of your more timeless info in a book, JoeGoaUk! FN
On 29 December 2015 at 11:40, JoeGoaUk <[email protected]> wrote: > > The game TABLANI, TABL, TABLAM we used to play > Tablanim game we used to play > now almost extinct > > Tablani game briefly explained as below.. > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra3/23731537680/ > > An indoor (usually during monsoon) scoreboard, dealing game with four > bamboo sticks / bars > Made from Bamboo, keeping the outer green part as it is and inside > (yellowish part) is smoothen in curve form TABL (Singular), TABLAM > (Plural) and TABLANI (name of the Game) > TABL is pronounced as 'Table' in French > e.g The book is on the table, in French we say 'Le livre est sur la table' > > The game consists of a set of 4 bars/Sticks called TABLAM (about 6-8 inch > long), a wooden scoreboard (Tabler) with 4 columns each having 12 squares > or houses and a set of 12 stones / pieces (gulio) usually red and white > stones which are easy to get outside the house or by the well. > The pieces that belong to each team are distinguished by colour. It can > be any other things like Tamarind seeds and Chikoo seeds etc > Tablani can be played by 2, 4, 6, 8,10..players thus each group has equal > members. > Leader of the group is sat on the scoreboard (Tabler, Pron. as taab-layr). > To be alive or active in the game, each player has to score a 'tabl' > without which scoring like 'att' 'bara' etc have no value. > Scoring either TABL or ATT or BARA gives you a chance to toss/deal > repeatedly > > Scoreboard / Tabler > Basically, it a game of entering into opponent's house by beating or > attacking any opponents found on the way.. > Once you get a tabl, you can exit from your house and set your journey to > occupy your opponent house. > You climb (second column) and then climb down (column 3) to enter into > your opponent house (column 4) > Mind you, your opponent will also try his best to enter your house which > means there are attacks and counter attacks on the way to opponent's house. > > A Tiatr Stage pic showing a man holding tablam in his hand for shuffling > and tossing > > https://flic.kr/p/A6uMeR > > to be updated soon.... visit again > more info and pics and video playing tablani coming soon > visit here > > http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2015/12/the-game-tablani-tabl-tablam-we-used-to.html > -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
