Characteristics | |
---|---|
Contact | No |
Team members | 11 players per side |
Mixed-sex | No |
Type | Team sport |
Equipment | Guti and bamboo stick |
Venue | Any field |
Presence | |
Country or region | Brahmanbaria 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]