Traditional games of Andhra Pradesh may date back to ancient times, and some are extinct.
Dagudu Mootalu (Telugu:దాగుడుమూతలు) is a funny game similar to Hide-and-seek. Presently this game is out of existence owing to western culture influence. Dagudu Mootalu game requires at least 10 members. This game is played as follows: A member X closes the eyes of a member Y. We consider Y to be Cat and others to be Rats. X points the hands of Y towards each of the members who comes near one by one. X says 'Veeri Veeri Gummadipandu, Veeri paeraemi?'. Y has to guess the correct member when asked by X. If the guess is right, the other member from the group takes the place of Y. If not Each of the members pinch the nose of Y and hide at their safe places. X shouts "Dagudu Mootala danda kore, pilli vache yelaka bhadram, yekkadi dongalu akkade gapchip, sambaru buddi, kalloo moosi kaali kore, yekkadi dongalu akkade gapchip" and opens the eyes of Y. Now Y has to quest for the hidden members. The members have to come from their hideouts and touch X with out being captured by Y. The first member who is found and captured by Y takes the place of Y and the game restarts.
In the second phase, if the match stick does not lie exactly under any of B's hands, A puts some quantity of sand along with the stick in the hands of B, whose eyes are closed with a kerchief. A carefully takes B to a nearest place. At the place A makes B to drop the sand and the stick. After this A brings B back to his place. B unties his kerchief and opens eyes. Now B has to discover the place where the match stick was dropped by him. B wins the game if he does it. If not B goes out of the game and A continues the game with others. The game enhances the power of intuition and discovery in children.
After the Chain claps, one of the monkeys draws a circle of 4 feet on the ground and throws the stick far away. While the catcher restores the stick back in the circle, all other monkeys climb the trees nearby. The objective of the catcher is to capture the monkeys on the trees, as long as the stick is in the circle. The catcher climbs any of the trees to capture at least one monkey, while the stick is in the circle. If any of the monkeys manages to dismount a tree and throws the stick far away, the catcher has to restore the stick and continue to capture the monkeys. The catcher cannot capture the monkeys while the stick is out of the circle. If the catcher manages to capture a monkey which is on the land by fate, then the game restarts with that monkey as catcher.
This ends C questioning A. Again this is followed by C questioning and B answering, as above. The winner is the player who answers maximum number of questions. Based on the concept of hiding fists, a Tollywood movie with the title of this game was directed by Veeru Dwaith and produced by Ravi Kumar Reddy in 2010.
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