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Pitthu Gol Garam

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Let us reminiscence another interesting game played in streets and the grounds named “PITTHU GOL GARAM”. It was my favourite pastime during visit to cousins. The game is played between two teams and the number of players in the team is not constant as compared to other games like cricket and hockey. You just need to divide the available players into two teams, but you will enjoy more if both teams have more than 4 players.

Baandar Qilla

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Bandar Qilla

A famous game used to play in streets or play grounds is BANDAR QILLA. The stuff needed to play this game is a nail, pillar or a tree and a rope 3 to 4 feet long. 3 or more people can play this game. Joy and pleasure attached to the game is directly related to the number of participants, the game becomes even more interesting if greater number of players join it.

Kokla Chapaki

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Kokla chapaki

When there was no electricity and television was just a myth to the locals kids used to play outside. Games like Kokla Chapaki and Pittu Garam were common and streets used to echo from children’s laughter playing these games. Kokla Chapaki is a traditional game usually played by girls

Ludo

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Out of all the games played in the streets and on consoles one may be shocked to hear that Ludo is one of the most played board games in Pakistan. The word Ludo is Latin, meaning I play. If you are unfamiliar with this game (which you shouldn’t be) it features racing four tokens across the board.

History of Zubair Aslam a.k.a. Jhara pehalwan

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Zubair Aslam a.k.a JHARA Pahalwan, was the son of Aslam pahalwan who belonged to the renowned GAMA family of legendary wrestlers. He had to maintain the prosperity of his ancestors, and so he did by making his career in wrestling.

Bholu Pehalwan – The mighty wrestler of ‘50s

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Haji Manzoor Hussain, known as Bholu Pehlwan, was the most famous wrestler of his time. Bholu’s name was listed in the history of Pehalwaan-baazi (traditional wrestling). He belonged to a Gujjar GAMA wrestling family from Amritsar, Punjab. He passed his childhood in Amritsar for 9 years.

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Pehlwani (wrestling) is a sport which is a Persian style of wrestling practiced in India, Bangladesh, Iran and Pakistan. The practitioners are called Pehalwans. The Pehalwans of India who stay undefeated are given the title of Rustam-e-Hind. The meaning of this title is “The Rostam of India “.

Imam Baksh Pehalwan

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Pehlwani is a Persian style of wrestling and those who practice this is called Pehalwan. This is practiced mostly in Pakistan, Iran, India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. This requires great courage and strength to beat competitor and such renowned Pehalwan was Imam Baksh Pehalwan.

Gliding

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Traveling from the seashores of Sindh and Balochistan to the peaks of Karakoram Range, You will find Pakistan as one beautiful and charming country of this world. With Allah blessed scenery, Pakistan gives extreme sports fan superb openings for gliding.

Polo

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Northern areas of Pakistan are not famous just for their natural beauty in all over the world, but also for their traditional, and historical sport event too. The visitors of all over the country and from the world every year setup their tours to visit Northern areas of Pakistan to spend their time with joy. There is no doubt to say that the visitors who once traveled these areas did not forget the pleasurable moments while discovering these areas and they feel proud while enjoying the natural sceneries of these areas as well attending and become a part of the polo game that has been held every year in Shandur top and known as Shadur Mela.

Kabaddi

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The word Kabaddi originates from Hindi word “kaun bada”, meaning challenge and supremacy. It is one of the popular games of not only Pakistan

Kushti

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Kushti is the traditional game of Punjab which dates back to Mughal era in 15th to 18th century. The Mughals called it “warzish-e- Pehalwani” , the wrestling exercise.