Dandi Biyo Oldest Game of Nepal : (National Game)

Dandi biyo is a game usually played in rural Nepal and was considered the national game unofficially till May 23, 2017, when officially Volleyball was declared as the national sports.

Dandi Biyo  is played with a stick (Dandi) around two feet long and a wooden stick (Biyo) around six inches in length. The stick is a little wooden stay with pointed closures. It is like the Indian diversion Gilli Danda.

Dandi Biyo  is a diversion generally played in country Nepal and was viewed as the national amusement informally till May 23, 2017, when authoritatively Volleyball was proclaimed as the national games. Dandi Biyo is played with a stick (Dandi) around two feet long and a wooden stick (Biyo) around six inches in length. The stick is a little wooden stay with pointed closures. It is like the Indian amusement Gilli Danda. Be that as it may, the fame of Dandi Biyo is diminishing step by step and government has not actualized any strategies under the safeguarding of Dandi Biyo because of which it should be terminated in close future.[1]NepalThe fame is going down. 🇳🇵 At the advanced age, Dandi Biyo was one of the well known diversions of Nepal.

Dandi Biyo is played by at least two players. The wooden stick is laid over a four-inch-profound gap in the ground. One player puts one end of the stick inside the opening and holds the opposite end. The player snaps the stick against the stick to dispatch the stick into the air while different players called 'defenders' attempt to get the stick. On the off chance that one of the defenders get the stick noticeable all around, the turn is finished and the catcher takes the stick. On the off chance that the stick rather hits the ground, that player plays to score. One of the defenders at that point tosses the stick into the opening while the player tries to hit and discard the stick. On the off chance that the stick goes into the opening, the player's turn is finished and the focuses aggregated by the player naturally ends up zero. On the off chance that the stick doesn't go into the opening, the player plays to score by hitting the stick toward one side by the stick. In another rendition of the amusement, a roundabout limit of around one-meter distance across is drawn on the ground. The player tosses the stick into the hover from a separation of around two meters. In the event that the stick exists in the circle the player keeps on playing and score.

To score, a player again thumps the stick noticeable all around. Before it handles, the player hits it whatever number circumstances as could be allowed, to move it far from the gap. This procedure is rehashed three times in which the player tries to toss the stick the extent that he can. The score is figured by increasing the quantity of hits by the quantity of stick lengths the stick voyaged. On the off chance that the player hits the stick twice noticeable all around, the score will be double the quantity of stick lengths the stick voyaged.

The amusement was generally played by Nepali young people and was extremely prevalent in the vicinity of 1980's and 1990's when present day toys and recreations were not accessible. Sonam Ukyab from Purano Baneswore is informally viewed as the best Dandi Biyo player ever. What's more, Bikki was the official champion of Interdistrict Dandi Biyo Competition held in Tudikhel.[citation needed]

Dandi Biyo is one of numerous such recreations that were privately created in the provincial territories reflecting utilization of neighborhood apparatuses and strategies. With regards to present day diversions, Dandi Biyo is near Cricket. The player can be contrasted with the "batsman" and alternate players to the "defenders"