Telet tap , or also known as egg fights , tap of eggs , egg settling , boxing egg , egg intake , eggbeam , or scratched eggs is a traditional Easter game. In the English folk tradition, this game has been known as "shackles," "flounder" or "throw".
The rules are simple. One holds a boiled egg and taps the egg of another participant with his own egg intending to break the other egg, without damaging his own egg. As with any other game, it has been the subject of cheating; eggs with cement, alabaster, and even marble cores have been reported.
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Histori
The egg is a symbol of rebirth, adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus at Easter.
During the middle ages, egg tapping was done in Europe. For example, the practice mentioned has played an important role in the 14th century in Zagreb in relation to the Easter festival. A study of folklore cites Polish references beginning in the 15th century.
In North America, in colonial New Amsterdam in the 1600s, the "cracked egg" was discovered by Jonathon Day on Easter Monday with the winner keeping both eggs.
During the election of a revolutionary war egg was observed by a British prisoner of war, Thomas Anbury, at Frederick Town in Maryland in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. The local custom at that time was coloring eggs with Logwood or Bloodwood to give them the red color that Anbury had observed giving them "great power". Thomas Anbury was a young British officer who traveled extensively as a prisoner of war during the American Revolution. Anbury was near Frederick Town in Maryland, July 11, 1781, when he recorded the habit of picking eggs that were common at the time.
In the mid-20th century, Baltimore Maryland, Evening Sun newspaper will devote an editorial column to discuss street cries, rituals, techniques for the game. Clarkson cites Baltimore Evening Sun for March 29, 1933 (editorial page), and on Sun Week for April 17, 1949 (chocolate section).
In the crack eggs of the 21st century are still practiced every Easter by the Saint Nicholas Society in New York City at the annual Easter Ball Easter.
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Competition
In England, games are played between competing pairs who repeatedly drop their pointed egg tips together until one of the eggs cracks; the overall winner is whose eggs solve the largest number of other eggs. The world championship floundering eggs have been held every Easter Sunday at Peter Cricket and Durham County Social Club, England, since 1983. The proceeds from the event were donated to charity Macmillan Cancer Support.
In many parts of Louisiana, egg-tapping is a serious competition event. Marksville claimed to be the first person to make it an official event in 1956. In the past some fraudsters use guinea hen eggs, which are smaller and have a harder shell. Currently tapping the guinea egg is a separate contest category. The preparation for this contest has turned into a serious science. People now know which chicken breeders lay harder and at what time. Chickens should be fed calcium-rich foods and have plenty of exercise. Proper boiling of the contest eggs is also a serious problem. Some rules are well known, such as eggs should be boiled down the bottom, so the air bag is on the end of the buttocks. There is also a rule that the champion must break and eat their eggs to prove that they are not fake.
In other cultures and languages ​​
In Assam (the Indian state where the easternmost Indo-European languages ​​are spoken) this game is called Koni-juj ( Koni = Egg; Fighting). It is held annually on the day of Goru Bihu (cattle day) from Rongali Bihu, which falls in mid-April and on Bhogali Bihu, in January.
In Croatia, neither colored eggs nor uncoated Easter eggs are used because everyone takes an egg to be tapped or tapped; each egg is used until the last person with an unbroken egg is declared the winner, sometimes winning the pool of money.
In the Netherlands this game is called eiertikken . Kids line up with colored egg baskets and try to crack it in someone else's basket. But players should just break the same color as theirs.
In Romania, visitors attack the red egg against the head of the household and exchange greetings "Christ has risen!" and "He has risen!" The person who keeps the unbroken egg is said to enjoy the longest life.
Christians in Bulgaria have a tradition similar to cracking eggs. Adults and children alike take an egg, then push each other on. The belief is that the winner of the egg tapping contest (anyone whose eggs are not cracked) will have the best health of the year. In addition, when coloring the egg, the first egg should be red. It is usually preserved until next year as a sign of good luck and good health.
Catholic Central Europeans of various nationalities call the epper tradition, possibly from the German word Opfer , also used for the name of the exercise, which means 'sacrifice' Or, literally, offer.
Ruthenians have a tradition of rolling eggs in a game called ? Okatisja . Children roll eggs in pastures like marbles or knock them with their hands. If the egg breaks, then the egg belongs to the child whose egg is cracked.
The Greeks called the practice of tsougrisma (??????????), which means clinking together.
In Jewish culture boiled eggs are part of Easter Passer celebrations. Towards the end of the traditional reading, boiled eggs are distributed among the guests, who then play the egg-tapping game.
See also
- Roll up the egg
- Hunting eggs
- The egg dance
- Play Pace Egg
- Koni-juj
- Conkers, an English game similar to horse-chestnuts
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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