Group GamesAntakshari
The best-loved singing game of Indian homes, buses and picnics. One team sings a song, and the other team must sing a song that begins with the last sound of the first one.
- Players
- 4 or more, in two teams
- Time
- 20 to 40 minutes
- You need
- Nothing
- Ages
- 8 and above
- Type
- Party games
How to play
- Make two teams. Decide who begins, traditionally with the letter "M" after the opening rhyme.
- The first team sings at least two lines of any song that begins with the given sound.
- The last consonant sound of what they sang becomes the starting sound for the other team.
- A team gets a slow count of ten to begin. If it cannot, the other team gets a point and a new letter is chosen.
- A song already sung in the game cannot be sung again.
- Play to ten points, or until the journey ends.
Tips and variations
- On WhatsApp, play with voice notes: each team has two minutes to send its song.
- Theme rounds keep it fresh: only old songs, only bhajans, only songs with a colour in them, only songs with rain.
- Agree in the beginning how you will treat the sounds "ha" and "ya", which end many songs. Many families allow the team to choose the letter before.
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