BONGARALU AAT

By Priya Palla

This is a traditional throwing top used mainly in India and Bangladesh . It has various names in various places like bonaralu in AP and Telangana, bambaram in Tamil and Kerala , buguri in Karnataka , lattu in urdu and latim in Bengali.it is a game which could be played by all age group of people. The most fascinating part of this story is that this is designed by a girl about 12 years old, says Santhosh Kumar subramaniam , founder . Bambaram toy library. This game begins with all players holding their wounded top. The players throw their tops at the same time this is the toss for the game. The toss is basically decided by the top spun and picked up quicker. The throw is triggered by a simple countdown at the count of 1,2,3 all the players wind their bongaram , unwind it on the ground to rotate and then pick it up with the rope as quickly as possible. The primary skills to use the shortest rope length usage and still make the bongaram spin, so it can be caught with the rope. Bongaram that did not complete the toss are placed in the center of a circle . The players who finished the toss successfully tried to spin the top over the tops in the circle trying to break them and or trying to knock them out of the circle . Each time the spinning tops have to be picked up successfully to be continued. It can also be spinned in hands also.