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Tariq Javed Ali Founder / General Secretary Pakistan Gilli Danda Federation And General Secretary Gilli Danda International Federation.Gilli-Danda is an amateur sport played in the rural areas and small towns all over Pakistan , India ,Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan as well as Cambodia and Italy. The game is played with two sticks: a large one called a Danda, which is used to hit a smaller one, the Gilli.
Gilli Danda is known by various other names: it is called Tipcat in English, Dandi-Biyo (डण्डी बियो) in Nepali, alak-doulak (الک دولک) in Persian, dānggűli (ডাঙ্গুলি) in Bengali & Assamese, chinni-dandu in Kannada, kuttiyum kolum in Malayalam, viti-dandu विट्टी दांडू in Marathi,kitti-pul (கிட்டி-புல்) in Tamil, Gooti-Billa or Karra-Billa or Billam-Godu in Telugu, Gulli-Danda'(ਗੁੱਲ਼ੀ ਡੰਡਾ)' in Punjabi, Geeti Danna (گیٹی ڈنا) in (Saraiki, Iti-Dakar (اٽي ڏڪر) in Sindhi, Lappa-Duggi (لپا ڈگی ) in Pashto, Kon ko in khmer, the Cambodian language), Pathel Lele in Bahasa Indonesia, Syatong in Tagalog and Awe Petew in Ilonggo dialect of Philippines.
"Gilli Danda" is played with two pieces of equipment - a danda, being a long wooden stick, and a gilli, a small oval-shaped piece of wood.
Tariq Javed Ali Founder / General Secretary Pakistan Gilli Danda Federation And General Secretary Gilli Danda International Federation.Gilli-Danda is an amateur sport played in the rural areas and small towns all over Pakistan , India ,Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan as well as Cambodia and Italy. The game is played with two sticks: a large one called a Danda, which is used to hit a smaller one, the Gilli.
"Gilli Danda" is played with two pieces of equipment - a danda, being a long wooden stick, and a gilli, a small oval-shaped piece of wood.
