Gutidara

Gutidara
Characteristics
ContactNo
Team members11 players per side
Mixed-sexNo
TypeTeam sport
EquipmentGuti and bamboo stick
VenueAny field
Presence
Country or regionBrahmanbaria District

Gutidara (Bengali: গুটিদাড়া) is a traditional rural game of Bangladesh. It is a team sport, played with round balls (commonly known as Guti) are thrown out of bounds by hitting with small sticks, to score points. It is a traditional game of Brahmanbaria District. In this district there is a tradition of organizing Gutidaara game between the seniors and the youth.[1] In almost every villages of the district Gutidaara is played after harvesting.[2]

  1. ^ Babu, Bishwajit Paul (2024-01-15). "মহিষের শিং দিয়ে তৈরি গুটিতে প্রবীণ-নবীন লড়াই" [Young-old fight of Guti made of water buffalo horns]. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  2. ^ "ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়ায় গ্রাম বাংলার ঐতিহ্যবাহী গুটিদাড়া খেলা অনুষ্ঠিত" [Traditional Gutidara game held in Brahmanbaria]. Shomoyer Alo (in Bengali). 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-10-14.