Pasu Pondi
Uhlobo lomdlalo: Two-player two-row mancala without stores, 7 holes per row — clockwise Indian-style relay sowing; mid-sow fours captured by hole owner, pondi sweeps beyond an empty landing pit
Uhlolojikelele
I-Pasu Pondi ("shanela ezine", kusukela ku-Tamil pasu okusho ukuthi "inkomo" kanye no-pondi okusho "shanela") umdlalo ohlonishwayo we-mancala waseNingizimu ne-India odlalwa kakhulu ngabesifazane base-Tamil ezigodini zasemakhaya kulo lonke elase-Tamil Nadu.Nakuba ngezikhathi ezithile umiswa emagcekeni avulekile, igeyimu ngokuvamile igcinelwa ukuzijabulisa kwasemini futhi ayivamile ukudlalwa ngemva kokuhlwa.Imincintiswano ivamise ukuthatha amahora ambalwa, idonsa izixuku zabangane nomndeni ababuka, abalulekayo, futhi bagubhe ukujika okubalulekile.Umdlalo waqoshwa okokuqala ngokuhlelekile nguDkt L. S. Saraswathi ngo-1995 futhi wabelana ngozalo oluqinile nemidlalo efana noPallam Kurie noPandi, eyabhalwa nguLynn Rohrbough ngo-1955.
Ibhodi
- Imigqa: 2
- Imigodi emugqeni: 7 (14 playing holes total)
- Izinqolobane: None (captured counters are set aside in players' reserves)
- Izinto ngomgodi ekuqaleni: 5 (local traditions occasionally substitute 6 counters)
- Umdlali ngamunye uyala umugqa wezimbobo eziyisikhombisa ohlangothini lwakhe lwebhodi.
Indlela Yokudlala
- Ukuhlwanyela e-Pasu Pondi kuhamba ngokuqinile endaweni ethi next ukuzungeza ibhodi.
- Ethubeni labo, umdlali ukha zonke izinto zokubala kunoma iyiphi imbobo engenalutho emgqeni wabo bese ezisabalalisa ngokwewashi, ephonsa isibali esisodwa emgodini ngamunye olandelayo.
- Ukuhlwanyela kuqhubeka ngendlela yama-Indian relay laps: lapho isibali sokugcina esisesandleni sibekwe emgodini, umdlali uphakamisa zonke izinto zokubala embobeni ethi next aqhubeke nokuhlwanyela kwelinye ithanga.
- Ijika liyaphela lapho isibali sokugcina sesandla siwela emgodini olandelwa ngokushesha imbobo engenalutho.
- Umdlalo uphetha lapho zonke izimbewu ebhodini zigxile ohlangothini olulodwa;imbewu esele ibangwa ngumdlali ongumnikazi waleyo migodi.
- Ukudlala umdlalo oyindilinga eminingi: phakathi kwemidlalo, ababambiqhaza baphinda bagcwalise izimbobo zabo ngokubala okungu-5 ngakunye kusukela ekuthwebuleni kwabo okunqwabelene.Noma yiziphi izimbobo ezingakwazi ukugcwala ngokuphelele ziyavalwa futhi zidlule ngesikhathi sokudlala.Umdlalo uyaqhubeka kuze kube yilapho umdlali oyedwa engakwazi ukugcwalisa ngisho nomgodi owodwa.
Ukubamba
- Ukushanela imigodi engenalutho (Pondi): Nganoma isiphi isikhathi ngesikhathi sokuhlwanyela, uma imbobo izoqukatha ncamashi izinto zokubala ezine, umdlali ongumnikazi waleyo mbobo uthwebula zonke izinto zokubala ezine ngokushesha.
- Ukushanela imigodi engenalutho (Pondi): Uma ithuba seliphelile ngenxa yokuthi imbobo elandela ukuwa kokugcina ayinalutho, uma imbobo elandela leyo engenalutho igcwele, isidlali esisebenzayo sithwebula zonke izinto zokubala kuleyo mbobo evaliwe.
Ukuphela Komdlalo Nokuwina
- Umdlalo uwinwa ngumdlali othwebula iningi lembewu.
- Ekudlaleni okuyimizuliswano eminingi, ukunqoba kungokukamdlali oshayela isitha sakhe ukuze aqedele ukukhathala, okumshiye engakwazi ukugcwalisa imbobo eyodwa.
Amanothi
- I-Pasu Pondi ihlukaniswa ngomumo wayo wokuhlwanyela olandela iwashi, okuyivelakancane phakathi kwemigqa emibili yemidlalo yase-South Asia ye-mancala evame ukuvumela ukusatshalaliswa ngokuphikisana nokuhamba kwewashi.Izindlela zokuthwebula okukabili zibonisa isihloko segeyimu: pasu imele isivuno saphakathi nengulube sezibali ezine ngomnikazi womgodi, kanti pondi iwukushanela okuqeda umgodi ongenalutho.
Source: Mancala World – Pasu Pondi