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Mancla Board Game

Maniam PS [Guru]
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The Manacala Board game or Pallangkuli in Tamil is played in Indian villages as a past time. Is this game of Indian origin???

Posted On : 4/28/2009 1:41:38 AM

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Joydeep Chakraborty
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Although it is played in South Indiam villages yet i do not think that this is a traditional Indian board game. i found out information which reveals the fact that the game existed in pockets of Europe and it is believed that it is played as early as the 17th century by merchants in England. However, other researches show that it is originally an African board game. People in India also played the game of mancala but how it was introduced is still a mystery.

Posted On : 4/29/2009 12:09:43 AM

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Maniam PS [Guru]
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I did come across an article which claims that based on most human DNAs, the origin of human is from Africa. Could this Manacala Board game be a link too???

Posted On : 5/1/2009 8:33:02 PM

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