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Davani Games are seperated into two different categories or kinds: age of players and kind of game. Age of players has three different levels: kids, youths, and adults. Kind of game is decided by wheather the game is a sport kind that involves many physical movements or sitting games.

I chose one of the most famous Davani games below, and more are coming soon.

Atali gol matali

Kind of Game:
In group and sitting.


Number of Players:
Unlimited.


Supervision:
One person.


Details:
All players sit down next to each other in one single row. They stretch their legs in parallel to each others. One person, usualy the oldest and who perfectly knows the song of 'atali gol matali', sits in the middle. That person sings the song and going with the rhythm hits with one hand on everybody's legs in order from the first player to the last and back again starting from the first player and continuing the song.
The song is:

atali gol matali
khaje-ye mau mitelavi
az kauri az bauri
poshte qelam dasmauli
dey ahmado joone koret
to tisha vardaur mo tevar
berim ba jang-e kau nezar
kau nezar hee ke hoo ke
galle-ye shau ram ke
sivo sot-osh kam ke
ey bezza vo ey dar koo


By saying the word 'koo' the person who's singing stops and the player who's hit by the singer's hand at the moment of saying it gathers his/her legs under him/her and covers the feet. If any one of the other players still can see that player's foot, they start pinching the foot till it's completely covered. That player is now considered out of the game. The game goes on with the same method till only one person is left, who becomes the winner.


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