Q1.
The spinning game is a folk dance called phugadi in Marathi and kikli in Punjabi. What is this called in your local language?
Answer
The same two-person spinning game is played all over India and has a different name in each language.
| Language / region | Name of the game or dance |
|---|---|
| Marathi (Maharashtra) | Phugadi (फुगडी) |
| Punjabi (Punjab) | Kikli (ਕਿੱਕਲੀ) |
| Konkani (Goa) | Fugdi |
| Gujarati (Gujarat) | Ghero / Fugdi |
Sample answer: “In my language we call it ______. We hold each other’s crossed hands and spin, and the faster we spin the harder we feel ourselves being pulled outwards.” Ask your grandparents — they will almost certainly know a local name for it.
The science in the game: When you spin, your body keeps trying to move in a straight line, but your partner’s grip keeps pulling you into a circle. From where you stand it feels as if something is throwing you outwards. That outward effect on a body in circular motion is the centrifugal force, and it is exactly the force a centrifuge uses to drive the heavier particles of a mixture to the bottom of a spinning tube.