Safeguarding ICH elements "Langari"

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Published on April 27, 2017 6:32:04 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HakR5YEEas

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Langari is an ancient traditional game of district Swabi, People from Utman (Yousafzai tribe) used to play this game mostly at evening, during winter, when men used to gather in Hujras. The game is inherited from ancestors.In 1980s it was a common game in all the hujras of district Swabi.
The game can be played in two different ways, one as a board game, where the players have to reach the goal, the player who used to reach the goal first was considered to be the winner, however one have to go back to square one "Start" when an opponent passes by you.
Another way of playing Langari was to set a Goal points target, the player who achieved the target
points was considered to be the winner.
Langari was a great recreation in hujras, it is said that out of four players / groups the loosing player / group would use to prepare sweet dishes like "Halwa" for the winner or winning group at the end of the game. People from different villages of the district told different stories, but most of them remembered it till the end of 80s, however the game transformed into an existing game played as Ludo in 1990s.