Playing Sawantwadi Ganjifa

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Title (dcterms:title): Playing Sawantwadi Ganjifa
Description (dcterms:description): A detailed video on the rules of playing Dashavatar ganjifa cards. Sawantwadi, a town on the Konkan coast of Maharashtra, is famous for its ganjifa cards, a tradition maintained by the Sawantwadi Royal Family. This video shows a simple step-by-step guide to playing what is otherwise considered a complicated game with ten suits (after the ten avatars of Vishnu) and 120 cards. Currently, the royal family supports workshops on playing ganjifa cards and also has a number of craftsmen who make the elaborate sets of ganjifa cards of a range of designs. Rani Satvashiladevi Bhonsle has been one of the prime movers in restoring the tradition, which is now being carried forward by Shraddha Lakham Sawant Bhonsle and others in the royal family.
Rules (dcterms:instructionalMethod): The YouTube video provides the rules in detail. The game is played with 120 cards with 12 cards in each suit, of which two are face cards - the raja (king) and mantri (vizier). The rules are those of a trumps game and before each game the trump suits are decided, depending on the time of day and whether it is raining. In the daytime, the first five suits may begin the game while at night the other five do so, During rainy days, the matsya (fish) and kurma (turtle) suits begin the game. The player who collects the largest number of cards wins the game.
Creator (dcterms:creator): Kunal Khawaskar
Source (dcterms:source): YouTube
Date Created (dcterms:created): 2023
Format (dcterms:format): Playing Cards
Medium (dcterms:medium): Video

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