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    Gilli-danda is a traditional South Asian amateur sport played with wooden sticks. It originated in Italy and is popular in rural areas across India, Pakistan, and neighboring regions. The objective is to use a longer danda stick to hit a smaller gilli stick after it is placed in a hole in the ground. Players are scored or out based on the distance or catchability of the hit gilli. Variations exist but the game typically involves teams competing to score the most points.

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    Gilli-danda is a traditional South Asian amateur sport played with wooden sticks. It originated in Italy and is popular in rural areas across India, Pakistan, and neighboring regions. The objective is to use a longer danda stick to hit a smaller gilli stick after it is placed in a hole in the ground. Players are scored or out based on the distance or catchability of the hit gilli. Variations exist but the game typically involves teams competing to score the most points.

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    Gilli-danda is a traditional South Asian amateur sport played with wooden sticks. It originated in Italy and is popular in rural areas across India, Pakistan, and neighboring regions. The objective is to use a longer danda stick to hit a smaller gilli stick after it is placed in a hole in the ground. Players are scored or out based on the distance or catchability of the hit gilli. Variations exist but the game typically involves teams competing to score the most points.

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    Gilli-danda

    Gilli-danda
    Lippa, S-Cianco, Gilli-danda (Devanagari: ), or Guli Danda is an amateur sport, popular among rural
    youth in southern Europe[1] [2] , [3] , [4] and the Indian subcontinent. It is called dnggli in Bangla, chinni-dandu in
    Kannada, kuttiyum kolum in Malayalam, viti-dandu in Marathi, kitti-pullu in Tamil, Gooti-Billa or
    "Karra-Billa" or "Billam-Godu" in Telugu, Gulli-Danda in Urdu, and Lappa-Duggi in Pashto.
    This sport is generally played in the rural and small towns of the Indian subcontinent. It is widely played in Punjab
    and rural areas of the North-West Frontier Province and Sindh (Pakistan) and Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh (north
    India).

    Origin
    There are no records of the game's origin in the south Asian subcontinent or of its existence before the arrival of
    Europeans. However a similar game known as Lippa has a history of being played in Italy and southern Europe and
    Tip-cat which was played in the UK.

    Equipment
    Gulli-danda have no official requirements for equipment. The game is played with a gilli or guli and danda, which
    are both wooden sticks. The danda is longer and handmade by the player, who can swing it easily. The gilli is
    smaller and is tapered on both sides so that the ends are conical. The gilli is analogous to a cricket ball and the danda
    is analogous to a cricket bat.
    There is no standard length defined for the danda or gilli. Usually, however, the gilli is 3 to 6 inches long and the
    danda is 12 to 18 inches.

    Rules
    The objective of the sport is to use the danda to strike the gilli. For this purpose, a circle is drawn in the ground in
    which a small, oblong- or spindle-shaped hole is dug (the overall shape looks like a traditional boat). This hole is
    smaller than the gilli but as the play progresses the size may increase due to wear. The gilli is inserted into the hole
    either orthogonally, or at an angle. Many times, especially with children, no hole is used. The danda is then swung
    downward onto the end of the gilli, causing the gilli to jump upward. The striker then strikes the gilli outward, away
    from him. Another variation is when the danda lifts or pries the gilli out of the hole at a high speed. As it is quite
    similar to cricket, many people believe that cricket originated from it.

    Scoring and outs


    There are many regional variations to scoring.
    The gilli becomes airborne after it is struck. If a fielder from the opposing team catches the gilli, the striker is out. If
    the gilli lands on the ground, the fielder closest to the gilli has one chance to hit the danda (which has to be placed on
    top of the hole used) with a throw (similar to a run out in cricket). If the fielder is successful, the striker is out; if not,
    the striker scores one score and gets another opportunity to strike. The team (or individual) with the most points wins
    the game. If the striker fails to hit gilli in three tries, the striker is out (similar to a strikeout in baseball).

    Gilli-danda

    Teams
    There is no official maximum number of players or teams. Gilli-danda can be played where each individual plays for
    themselves, or between two teams.

    Champions
    So far,very few International tournaments played between India & Pakistan. Pakistan defeated India in three out of
    five; two ended in a draw. The Pakistani Champions were: Noor Khan, Abdul Hameed Qureshi, Omar El Duraie,
    Nadeem Jameel, Iftikhar Hashmi, and Qaseem Siddiqui.
    The Indian Champions: Deepali Gode from Kalyan, Varun, Ajay Kaushik,Rohit Mishra(allahabad),Vijay Choudhary
    of Darbhanga,Somendra Kumar of Patna, Vivek Baranwal of Varanasi, Upender Kumar, Satyendra Tripathi, and
    Sandeep Prakash of Lucknow Sudhanshu Yadav from jaipur

    Variations
    As an amateur youth sport, gilli-danda has many variations. A common variation is where the striker is allowed to hit
    the gilli twice, once initially, and then while the gilli is in the air.
    In some versions, the points a striker scores is dependent on the distance the gilli falls from the striking point. The
    distance is measured in terms of the length of the danda, or in some cases the length of the gilli. Scoring also
    depends on how many times the gilli was hit in the air in one strike. If it travels a certain distance with two mid-air
    strikes, the total point is doubled.
    In the Philippines, a game known as syatong is similar to gilli-danda.
    In Italy a similar game known as "Lippa", "Lipe", "Tirolo", or "S-cianco" is shown in the movie Watch Out We Are
    Mad.[5] [6] [7]
    In the United States, a similar game is called pee-wee.[8]

    Cultural significance
    The Bollywood movie Lagaan mentions the traditional sport of Gilli-danda as similar to the British import of
    cricket.
    Premchand, the famous Hindi literary figure, wrote a short story named "Gilli-danda" in which he compares old
    simple times and emotions to modern values and also hints at caste inequalities in India.

    External links

    How to Play Gilli-Danda [9]


    Gilli-Danda Guidelines [10]
    Lippa [11] (Italian)
    S-cianco [12] (Italian)
    A Brief Introduction to "Guli Danda" [13]

    Gilli-danda

    References
    [1] Lippa (http:/ / www. intelligiochi. it/ nonni/ lippa. htm)
    [2] S-cianco (http:/ / www. agaverona. it/ s-cianco/ lippa. php)
    [3] palio mazza e pivezo cesa (CE) (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=_CmUA8CWo2c)
    [4] Bud Spencer, Terence Hill e a Billarda (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=C9A4NvJ_ozU)
    [5] Bud Spencer, Terence Hill e a Billarda (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=C9A4NvJ_ozU)
    [6] Y si no , nos enfadamos ( 2/10 ) - Juntos son dinamita (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=V5eDhhjMssI)
    [7] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0069697/
    [8] http:/ / books. google. de/ books?id=i33BWgxbvXgC& pg=PA83#PPA83,M1
    [9] http:/ / www. hindu. com/ thehindu/ 2001/ 06/ 09/ stories/ 1309110a. htm
    [10] http:/ / sports. indianetzone. com/ traditional_games/ 1/ gilli_danda. htm
    [11] http:/ / www. intelligiochi. it/ nonni/ lippa. htm
    [12] http:/ / www. agaverona. it/ s-cianco/ lippa. php
    [13] http:/ / www. punjabilok. com/ heritage/ rural_toys_punjab. htm

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