• BIVAS BISWAS

There are some games which have no institutional recognitions or we can say that some games which are played basically in the rural areas without following any copy book rules and regulations. The daily livelihood of the people of a society are reflected through these games which are known as folk- games. These games contain a very long historical background and gradually have turned to be a kind of tradition in Bengal culture. People invented these games on basis of their daily need. These games spread gradually from one place to another. From the time of prehistoric period, people have been facing various problems for their existence in this earth. At very earliest time, people went to deep forest unitedly to collect food because at that time they did not know how to produce food for their own need. They always went unitedly because this system helped them to save their lives from the attack of ferocious beasts and this scenario reflected in folk-games in various ways. Sometimes a group of people attacked other clans for expanding their authority or to establish their superiority and on the basis of this, some folk-games has grown up. Such various aspects of human nature have a direct or indirect influence on folk-games. Though we are in the ultra-modern era, the tradition of human past has always remained intact in our society in various ways and folk-games play very significant roles among them. These are not merely the games, some story of struggle of human society are reflected through these games which have enormous importance in the field of social science history and I have tried to discuss this in the present article.

Hadudu, Dariabanda, Gollachhut, Bagbandhi, Folk- Games, Lok- krira

"A BRIEF SOCIAL HISTORY OF FOLK - GAMES OF BENGAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.788-796, December 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812D16.pdf

"A BRIEF SOCIAL HISTORY OF FOLK - GAMES OF BENGAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp788-796, December 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812D16.pdf