The Spinning Top
Spinning top (Bhamedo) Kancha or spinning top are used to play games in India and Pakistan. This has been a traditional game of India which used to be liked and played by every kid, but now it is losing its importance due to the interest taking priorities. This game used to be popular for kids. It is still played in the inner colonies of old area of Udaipur. Lattu is a part of life for children in Indian villages. The History of the Spinning Top : 1) The spinning top has been in existence for thousands of years. Like many traditional games, such as marbles, the earliest tops are made from clay, and were discovered in the Middle Eastas early as 3500 BC, it is likely that children would have been spinning small rocks long before. 2) Later wooden spinning tops emerged in around 2000 BC, and early spinning tops made from bones have been found in Europe. 3) Those spinning tops were much simpler than many tops found in old fashioned toy shops today, and it did spin wi