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Diketo to Klawane: 10 simple games still popular in digital era

An airborne Buddhist monk kicks a rattan ball during a game of Chinlone in Kawhmu, Myanmar, southwest of Yangon. A combination of sport and dance, it is played between two teams of six players each, passing the ball back and forth with their feet, knees or heads. (AP Photo)

Updated on: Jul 20, 2015 3:51 PM IST

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An airborne Buddhist monk kicks a rattan ball during a game of Chinlone in Kawhmu, Myanmar, southwest of Yangon. A combination of sport and dance, it is played between two teams of six players each, passing the ball back and forth with their feet, knees or heads. (AP Photo)

Updated on Jul 20, 2015 3:51 PM

An airborne Buddhist monk kicks a rattan ball during a game of Chinlone in Kawhmu, Myanmar, southwest of Yangon. A combination of sport and dance, it is played between two teams of six players each, passing the ball back and forth with their feet, knees or heads. (AP Photo)

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Kurdish men discuss which hat to pick up while playing a game of Klawane in Irbil, Iraq. The traditional Iraqi Kurdish game is only played after Iftar during Ramadan. Two teams of four compete, where one team hides a ring in a traditional hat. The other team has to guess in which hat the ring is hidden. The team that hides the ring scores points for each hat that is leftover after the other team finds the ring. (AP Photo)

Updated on Jul 20, 2015 3:51 PM

Kurdish men discuss which hat to pick up while playing a game of Klawane in Irbil, Iraq. The traditional Iraqi Kurdish game is only played after Iftar during Ramadan. Two teams of four compete, where one team hides a ring in a traditional hat. The other team has to guess in which hat the ring is hidden. The team that hides the ring scores points for each hat that is leftover after the other team finds the ring. (AP Photo)

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Geoff Green, of Columbus, Ohio, braces himself during the "Mud Mile" obstacle during a Tough Mudder event in Sparta, Ky. The obstacle course features a non-competitive format where teams assist each other through miles of running, jumping, climbing, and crawling on their way to the finish line, all for the sake of a fun challenge. (AP Photo)

Updated on Jul 20, 2015 3:51 PM

Geoff Green, of Columbus, Ohio, braces himself during the "Mud Mile" obstacle during a Tough Mudder event in Sparta, Ky. The obstacle course features a non-competitive format where teams assist each other through miles of running, jumping, climbing, and crawling on their way to the finish line, all for the sake of a fun challenge. (AP Photo)

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Ellen Rathobotha, plays a indigenous game called "Diketo" in in Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, South Africa. In the game, which requires good hand-eye coordination, stones are placed in a circle or a square and each player then tries to grab the most stones, throw them in the air and catch them in one hand until all the stones are back in the circle or square. (AP Photo)

Updated on Jul 20, 2015 3:51 PM

Ellen Rathobotha, plays a indigenous game called "Diketo" in in Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, South Africa. In the game, which requires good hand-eye coordination, stones are placed in a circle or a square and each player then tries to grab the most stones, throw them in the air and catch them in one hand until all the stones are back in the circle or square. (AP Photo)

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Andrea throws a boule during an amateur Petanque match in Paris. In the game, the goal is to throw hollow metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball, called a "cochonnet" (piglet), while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground. (AP Photo)

Updated on Jul 20, 2015 3:51 PM

Andrea throws a boule during an amateur Petanque match in Paris. In the game, the goal is to throw hollow metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball, called a "cochonnet" (piglet), while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground. (AP Photo)

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Players battle for the puck as a referee, above, watches during the underwater hockey national championships in Santa Clarita, Calif. (AP Photo)

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Players battle for the puck as a referee, above, watches during the underwater hockey national championships in Santa Clarita, Calif. (AP Photo)

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A woman holds the leash of her dog as she practices slacklining on a street in Central, Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

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A woman holds the leash of her dog as she practices slacklining on a street in Central, Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

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A boy runs while playing with a motorcycle wheel in Samugari, Ayacucho, Peru. (AP Photo)

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A boy runs while playing with a motorcycle wheel in Samugari, Ayacucho, Peru. (AP Photo)

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Children play marbles in the village of Mayong, east of Gauhati, India. (AP Photo)

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Children play marbles in the village of Mayong, east of Gauhati, India. (AP Photo)

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Children play hide and seek in Tbilisi, Georgia. (AP Photo)

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Children play hide and seek in Tbilisi, Georgia. (AP Photo)

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