GAME - VAGH & BAKRI

DESERT ARTS AND PEOPLES

This game was hand patchworked by an artisan who migrated from the Nagar Parkar region of Sindh to Kutch, a remote desert region of western India. Highly skilled in fine geometric suf and kharek style embroideries, women of Nagar Parkar turn their keen sense of patterning to patchwork once their eyesight begins to wane. Traditionally, they would make patchwork quilts for the cold desert winters, and dowry bags for their daughters, such as the bagcho in which this game is packed. Today, as members of Kala Raksha Trust, artisans utilize their skills to earn a living for their families.

While the "goats" of Vagh Aur Bakri are usually simple stones, the "goats" of this set were adapted from another desert art. They are supari, betel nut, which women cover in crochet for auspicious home decorations, adding a mirror at the bottom to ward off the evil eye.

Vagh Aur Bakri is originally a children's game, but players of Any age can enjoy it.