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Evidence for Tuk Tak
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1642
Type Ethnography
Location 23°41'19.71"N, 86°57'58.11"E 23°47'25.86"N, 86°25'55.16"E
Date 1934-01-01 - 1934-12-31
Rules 3x3 board, without the outer edges of the square. Three pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing the pieces on an empty space on the board. When all of the pieces have been placed, players move pieces to an adjacent empty space on the board. the first player to place all three of their pieces in an orthogonal or diagonal line wins.
Content "The type of sedentary game described below is popularly
known as Tuk-tak and is usually played by children and young
boys and girls of Bengal, The diagrams used for the game are
shown below, but it may be noted, that the one without the
outer boundary line is more commonly used. The diagram
is drawn on a piece of slate or on a floor with charcoal, and
two players are needed to play the game. To start with,
each player has three distinctive pieces, such as cowries (shells)
and tamarind seeds, or distinctive marks, such as x and. 0,
are' chosen to play the game. The player, who begins,
places one of his pieces or mark on any. of the. areas marked
A, B, G, etc. and then the other player occupies any other area.
Playing thus alternately, all the six pieces are brought on the
board. When all . the six pieces are brought on the board,
then the pieces are moved to adjacent vacant places hut there
is no jumping over or catching the pieces of the adversary.
.Effort is made to get one’s three pieces in a straight line,
i.e. ABC, ADG, AEI, and so on. One, who achieves this
first, is the winner of the game," Datta 1934: 17-18.
Confidence 100
Ages Child
Genders Female, Male
Source Datta, J. 1934. "On a Type of Sedentary Game of Bengal." Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 30: 17-18.
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