A historical study of sports festivals in rural area of Punjab

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to know about the history and development of sports festival in rural area of Punjab. There are many sports festival is celebrated in Punjab but The Guru Nanak Tournaments is popular sports festival in Punjab. The Guru Nanak Tournaments was organized in 1942 with the efforts of teacher Madan Singh. For this purpose this sports festival was selected. This tournament was started at kheri salabatpur, Roper. The researcher has collected the data through primary and secondary sources. This was used interview and written material as standard tools. After the data collection researcher was found that the Guru Nanak Tournaments is most popular rural sports festival in Punjab. The participation level is very high. In this sports festival traditional and folk culture are equally involved.