Abstract:
Sports and Recreational activities make the children to more dynamic in day today activities. This research focuses on in what way it helps to improve their character towards the ideologies of the great social reformer Thanthai Periyar. We had selected 67 Periyar PURA villages for this survey and about 40 games which include indoor and outdoor games. Looking at the modern children, one striking difference between the childhood that the previous generation had and the one that this generation is having is the lack of Indian or native games. In our generation (i.e., 1980s and before) we used to play a variety of indoor and outdoor games that were the games of this soil. Nowadays almost all kids play games like cricket, tennis and football.Nobody is playing games like Kabaddi, Goli, Ghilli or the indoor games like the Dhaayakattam, paramapadham, pallanguzhi, paandi or aadu puli aattam. These games have a rich culture and heritage value and were tools of passing on some ancestral knowledge or the other. They also sharpened our observational and math skills unlike the hit and run games of the west that are uni-dimensional and strengthen only hand eye coordination. Traditional Games were not just games, they were designed in such a way that one can develop lot of skills like logical thinking, building strategy, concentration, basic mathematics, aiming, and lot more.
Author Name (s): D. Ramesh, P. Mariayyah, A.Senthilkumar, K.Rajendran
Keywords: Sports, Recreation, Pura Village, Activities.
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