Kotla Chapaki

This game is played in Punjab, India...

Kotla Chapaki

Drop the Handkerchief Game

(Hindi)

Kokla Chapaki Jumeraat aayi aye
Jera agge pichey wekhey
Ohdi shamat aayi aye.

Kokla Chapaki

Drop the Handkerchief Game

(English)

Kokla Chapaki it's Thursday today,
Whoever looks here and there,
Shall be punished.

Kotla Chapaki

Kokla Chapaki

Drop the Handkerchief Game

(Hindi)

(English)

Kokla Chapaki Jumeraat aayi aye
Jera agge pichey wekhey
Ohdi shamat aayi aye.

Kokla Chapaki it's Thursday today,
Whoever looks here and there,
Shall be punished.

Game Instructions

The children sit in a circle except for the one who is "It". She goes around the outside of the circle holding a handkerchief while everyone sings this song. Finally, she drops the handkerchief behind a child. That child has to pick up the handkerchief and chase the one who's "It" around the circle until the one who's "It" takes the 2nd child's spot. If the one who's "It" is caught first, she continues being "It".

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