The Indoor Game of Kang
- Part 2 -
Dr. L. Sharatchandra Singh *
Two different types of hard and round seeds – Kekru and Tensibi were also used as Kankhils or targets.
However, the Urikang was continued to be played by the children. Then it came to be known as Angangi Kang Tharo Sanaba meaning a game of the children.
Kang Tharo Sanaba for Children:
On a plane surface the game is played either between the two individuals or between the two teams but one can enjoy even without any opponent. Two lines are drawn with a considerable distance of about ten feet approximately.
When starts an Urikang is placed on the line with its broad side as target but opposite to the inning players of the team or if any. The player releases his Kang on the ground with a roll aiming at the target.
Before reaching the target the player follows towards the Kang and the Kang is pitched at with hand because the rolling Kang is not allowed to cross the line even it approaches exactly towards the target with precision.
The size is about 3 (three) lums* or ten khudups* in breadth and six lums or twenty khudups in length. But the size is relaxable and it also depends upon the available area.
Leeris or lines are marked by means of small ropes for all boundaries required for this game.
Lamtha Leeris* and Kangpha Leeris* are the essential lines of the game. There are eight Chekphei Kangkhuls and seven Lamtha Kangkhuls on each of the court and the seven Lamtha Kangkhuls also indicate the positional places of the seven players.
Game regularities:
Kang, Kangkhil, wax and rice-flour are the pre-requisites of the game Kang.
Kang:
Any type of Kang made of wood, buffalo horn, stag, ivory, tortoise shell and lac can be used as Kang.
Concluded ....
* Dr. L. Sharatchandra Singh wrote this article for Hueiyen Lanpao . He is also known by "Khonjenaha" and lives at Uripok Khaidem Leikai, Imphal , Manipur. This article was webcasted on December 23, 2008.
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