Let's play Pushkin burners!


(1799 – 1837)

Game: "grandmas" ("burners")

Purpose: Formation of students' presentation on the origin of the game: "burners";
Tasks:
Find out the rules of the game;
understand where this game came from;
Create a good mood and emotional lift.
Explanatory note:
Pushkin holiday in Zakharov for many years, he has his own unique face, his story. First of all, because he was born on the initiative of ordinary teachers, scientists, local historians - lovers, social activists. And it is very interesting to his children, a games part based on folk games, fun, festive rites that exit in the local region from Pushkin times and newly returned to life thanks to Pushkin holidays. Why in Zakharov? Zakharovo is the estate near Moscow, belonged to the grandmother of the poet, here Pushkin held every summer with Sister Olga and the younger brother - Lv.






They loved to play different games, but the favorite game was: "burners". Our children today play this game, not knowing what Pushkin loved her.


Burners
Many other Russian titles have this game: "Gori clearly", "Oghashi", "Runs", "separations" and others. Almost all Slavic peoples are known, and is very ancient, still the Slavonic.
For centuries, the burners were one of the most common and favorite games of the Russian people. "She did not play in the burner," says A.S. Pushkin about Tatiana, believing that the unusual character of the character of the heroine convincingly progressively proves. Indeed, only dozens times are described in Russian burner literature. The revival of this game on Russian national holidays and festivities is now acquired by almost ritual, symbolic sound.
Participate can 5 - 25 or a little more young men and girls (boys and girls). Need a lawn, a plot of 20 - 30 meters long. Choose a leading "Torchier". The rest are divided into pairs: usually in a couple pair with a girl, a boy with a girl. They take hands. Couples become each other with a row (column). Ahead, at 3 - 5 meters from the first pair, his back to the rest of the player is "Torchik". Everyone is spoken by choir Naraspov:
Gori, Gori clearly,


So as not to go out.
Look at the sky:
Birds fly away
The bells are ringing,
Starting with the words "Look at the sky", "Torchik" looks up. At this time, the last pair disconnects his arms, and one player goes to the right, the other on the left along the column forward. Almost picking up with the "Torchier", they are waiting for the last words "ring" and after it rushes ahead past the "Torch". He chases any of them and tries to catch (just await enough, touching his hand) Before they will take hands again. Who "Torching" will catch up with the pair ahead of the whole string. And lead the player left alone.


Game: "grandmas" ("burners")


"Burleys"
If the "Torch" did not catch anyone, he "burns" again - catches the next pair.
Rules:
1. "Torchik" has no right to look around and peep what a couple going to run past him. Otherwise, a preparing couple fleeing can change the queue with another pair or in some places with each other.
2 No one should start running before the last word will sound "ring."
3. The "Torch" can smear running only until they take hands.
4 times the pair of running around the column becomes ahead.
Game varieties
In some localities, if you played the youth, then they often agreed that the "Torch" should be chased not for any of the runners, but be sure to be a guy and, giving it up, can stand in a couple with a girl. The caught "goes burn".
Sometimes meters at 15 to 20 ahead of the "Torchier" mark the place to which the running pair should not connect hands.
Double burners
If there are a lot of playing in the burner, then you can become pairwise in two columns (one against the other) at a distance of 15-20 m. Ahead of the columns, i.e. In the middle of the distance between them, there are two "Torch", each back to your column. With the words: "... The bells ring" the last couple in each of the columns disconnects the hands and runs towards players from the opposite column, trying to form new pairs with them. "Torchers" catch any of the runners. The remaining without couples become new "tires".
Rules as in conventional burners. Most of all this game is suitable for massive festivities and holidays.