It's clear that the game doesn't go out. Russian folk games and round dances. The rules are the same

Galina Prusova
Russian folk game "Burners"

Most ancient children's games are group games. This is due to the fact that traditional Russian the family was large. Children in the community were raised together and spent a lot of time with peers. Each a game had its own deep hidden meaning, being ritual and symbolizing the forces of nature.

« Burners» - one of the popular, but, unfortunately, forgotten Russian ancient amusements. In the 19th century, young people aged 16-18 took part in it. During the game, the young people looked closely at each other, showed sympathy, and showed signs of attention. Later a game has become purely children's play. It is fascinating for children aged 5 - 7 years.

Purpose of the game: to unite the team; develop in children the ability to concentrate, speed and dexterity; develop communication skills.

Progress of the game

An odd number of participants gathers, optimally 7-13 people. The more children, the merrier.

Everyone recites any rhyme in unison, and the one who says the last word is the one who leads. « Burner» (in the old days the word lead was also called the word toil).

The rest form pairs and hold hands. In ancient times, when young people took part in the game, a guy would pair up with a girl. Now this rule is not observed.

Couples stand one after another in a row-column. « Burner» turns away from the other children. Now you need to draw a line. It should be located 5-10 meters from the leader. The younger the age children playing, the shorter the distance from the leading « burners» to the drawn line.

All participants, holding hands in pairs, sing together song:

"Burn, burn clearly,

So that it doesn't fade away.

Stay at your hem

Look at the field

The trumpeters are going there

Yes, they eat rolls.

Look at the sky:

The stars are burning

The cranes are screaming.

One, two, don't miss it,

And run like fire!”

The last line of the song is a signal for the active action of the children from the extreme pair. They separate their hands and quickly run towards the cherished line. The leader must catch the hand of one of the pair. If he succeeds, he pairs up with the one he didn’t catch up with. The caught child becomes « burner» . If it was not possible to catch up with anyone, then the leader does not change. Pair "escaped" players unite behind the line, then stand at the beginning of the common column. If « burner» neither fast nor dexterous, he remains in the role of leader for a long time, and the others cheer him on. But it would be advisable if the driver was changed after three uncaught pairs, again paying off according to the counting table.

IN « burner» children can play long enough. Collective a game– it’s not only fun and funny, but also instructive. Such games bring enormous benefits to both children’s health and their emotional state.

Publications on the topic:

Project "Russian folk toy" Project “Russian Folk Toy” Relevance of the project: The modern child is focused on toys from Western countries and does not own enough.

Dramatic activities are a useful hobby for any child. They contribute to overall development; showing curiosity.

Goal: Formation of ideas about the culture and life of the Russian people through the history of folk dolls, acquaintance with Russian folk toys.

Abstract of the NOD “Russian folk tale “Masha and the Bear” Modern educational technologies used: gaming. Goal: to continue studying the fairy tale “Masha and the Bear.” Tasks: develop.

Master class Russian folk outdoor game “Golden Gate” Goal: to activate and develop the motor activity of children in close connection with their cognitive and mental activity.

GCD. Russian folk game "Mirror" Summary of direct educational activities in the 1st junior group. Topic: Russian folk game “Mirror” Deserted Larisa Sergeevna.

Goal: Continued acquaintance of children with folk traditions and customs, with folk arts and crafts of the Russian people. Extension.

Outdoor games are of great importance in a child’s life, as they are an indispensable means for a child to gain knowledge and ideas about the world around him. They also influence the development of thinking, ingenuity, dexterity, dexterity, and moral-volitional qualities. Outdoor games for children strengthen physical health, teach life situations, and help the child achieve proper development.

Outdoor games for preschoolers

Outdoor games for younger preschoolers

Children of primary preschool age, as a rule, imitate everything they see when playing. In the outdoor games of children, as a rule, it is not communication with peers that is manifested, but a reflection of the life that adults or animals live. Children at this age enjoy flying like sparrows, jumping like bunnies, flapping their arms like butterflies with wings. Thanks to the developed ability to imitate, most outdoor games of children of primary preschool age have a plot character.

• Outdoor game "Mice dance in a circle"

Goal: develop motor activity

Description: before starting the game you need to choose a driver - a “cat”. The cat chooses a “stove” for itself (it can be a bench or chair), sits on it and closes its eyes. All other participants join hands and begin to dance around the cat with the words:

The mice dance in circles
The cat is dozing on the stove.
Quieter than a mouse, don't make noise,
Don't wake up Vaska the cat,
Vaska the cat will wake up -
He’ll break up our round dance!”

While pronouncing the last words, the cat stretches, opens his eyes and begins to chase mice. The caught participant becomes a cat, and the game starts over.

• Game "Sun and Rain"

Objectives: to teach children to find their place in the game, navigate in space, develop the ability to perform actions on a signal from the teacher.

Description: Children sit in the hall on chairs. The chairs are their “home”. After the teacher says: “What good weather, go for a walk!”, the children get up and begin to move in a random direction. As soon as the teacher says: “It’s raining, run home!”, the children should run to the chairs and take their place. The teacher says “Drip - drip - drip!” Gradually the rain subsides and the teacher says: “Go for a walk. The rain has stopped!”

• Game "Sparrows and the cat"

Objectives: teach children to jump gently, bending their knees, run, dodge the driver, run away, find their place.

Description: Circles are drawn on the ground - “nests”. Children - “sparrows” sit in their “nests” on one side of the playground. On the other side of the site there is a “cat”. As soon as the “cat” falls asleep, the “sparrows” fly out onto the road, fly from place to place, looking for crumbs and grains. The “cat” wakes up, meows, and runs after the sparrows, which must fly to their nests.

First, the role of “cat” is played by the teacher, then by one of the children.

• Outdoor game "Sparrows and a car"

Another game for children 3-5 years old about sparrows.

Objectives: to teach children to run in different directions, to start moving or change it at the leader’s signal, to find their place.

Description: Children - “sparrows”, sit in their “nests” (on a bench). The teacher depicts a “car”. As soon as the teacher says: “The sparrows have flown onto the path,” the children rise from the bench and begin to run around the playground. At the teacher’s signal: “The car is moving, sparrows fly to their nests!” - the “car” leaves the “garage”, and the children must return to the “nest” (sit on the bench). The "car" returns to the "garage".

• Game "Cat and Mice"

There are many games for children with cats and mice involved. Here is one of them.

Objectives: This active game helps children develop the ability to perform movements on a signal. Practice running in different directions.

Description: Children - “mice” are sitting in holes (on chairs along the wall). In one of the corners of the playground sits a “cat” - a teacher. The cat falls asleep and the mice scatter around the room. The cat wakes up, meows, and begins to catch mice, which run into their holes and take their places. When all the mice return to their holes, the cat walks through the hall again, then returns to its place and falls asleep.

• Outdoor game for preschoolers "At the bear in the forest"

Objectives: develop the speed of reaction to a verbal signal, exercise children in running, develop attention.

Description: Among the participants, one driver is chosen to be the “bear”. Draw two circles on the playground. The first circle is the bear's den, the second circle is the home for the rest of the game participants. The game begins with the children leaving the house saying:

By the bear in the forest
I take mushrooms and berries.
But the bear doesn't sleep,
And he growls at us.

As soon as the children uttered these words, the “bear” runs out of the den and catches the children. The one who did not have time to reach the house and was caught by the “bear” becomes the driver (“bear”).

• Through the stream (an active game with jumping)

Objectives: To teach how to jump correctly, walk along a narrow path, and maintain balance.

Description: Two lines are drawn on the site at a distance of 1.5 - 2 meters from one another. At this distance, pebbles are drawn at a certain distance from each other.

The players stand at the line - on the bank of a stream, they must cross (jump over) it on the pebbles without getting their feet wet. Those who stumbled and got their feet wet go to dry them in the sun and sit on a bench. Then they get back into the game.

• Game "Birds and Cat"

Objectives: Learn to follow the rules of the game. React to a signal.

Description: for the game you will need a mask of a cat and birds, and a large circle drawn.

Children stand in a circle on the outside. One child stands in the center of the circle (the cat), falls asleep (closes his eyes), and the birds jump into the circle and fly there, pecking at the grains. The cat wakes up and begins to catch the birds, and they run away out of the circle.

• Game "Snowflakes and the Wind"

Tasks: Practice running in different directions, without bumping into each other, act on a signal.

Description: At the signal “Wind!” children - “snowflakes” - run around the playground in different directions, spinning (“the wind spins snowflakes in the air”). At the signal “No wind!” - crouch (“snowflakes fell to the ground”).

Outdoor game "Find yourself a partner"

Objectives: to develop in children the ability to perform actions on a signal, to quickly form pairs.

Description: Participants stand along the wall. Each of them receives a flag. As soon as the teacher gives a sign, the children scatter around the playground. After the command “Find yourself a pair,” participants who have flags of the same color are paired up. An odd number of children must participate in the game and at the end of the game one is left without a pair.

All these outdoor games can be successfully used for playing in kindergarten in a group or on a walk. Children of all ages: from 3-year-old children to 4-5-year-old children enjoy playing with them.

• Outdoor games for children 5-7 years old

In children 5-6, 6-7 years old, the nature of play activity changes somewhat. Now they are already beginning to be interested in the result of the outdoor game, they strive to express their feelings, desires, and fulfill their plans. However, imitativeness and imitation do not disappear and continue to play an important role in the life of an older preschooler. These games can also be played in kindergarten.

• Game "Bear and Bees"

Tasks: practice running, follow the rules of the game.

Description: participants are divided into two teams - “bears” and “bees”. Before the start of the game, the “bees” take places in their “hives” (benches or ladders can serve as hives). At the command of the leader, the “bees” fly to the meadow for honey, and at this time the “bears” climb into the “hives” and feast on honey. Having heard the signal “Bears!”, all the “bees” return to the “hives” and “sting” (salat) the “bears” who did not have time to escape. The next time, the stung “bear” no longer goes out to get honey, but remains in the den.

Game "Burners"

Tasks: practice running, respond to a signal, follow the rules of the game.

Description: The game involves an odd number of children who become pairs and hold hands. In front of the column there is a driver who looks forward. The children repeat the words in chorus:

Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out,
Look at the sky -
Birds are flying
The bells are ringing!
Once! Two! Three! Run!

As soon as the participants say the word “Run!”, those standing in the last pair in the column release their hands and run forward along the column, one on the right side, the other on the left. Their task is to run forward, stand in front of the driver and join hands again. The driver, in turn, must catch one of this pair before they hold hands. If you manage to catch, then the driver and the caught one will form a new pair, and the participant left without a pair will now lead.

• Outdoor game "Two Frosts"

A well-known game for preschoolers with simple rules. Objectives: to develop inhibition in children, the ability to act on a signal, and practice running.

Description: On opposite sides of the site there are two houses, indicated by lines. Players are placed on one side of the court. The teacher selects two people who will become drivers. They are located in the middle of the area between the houses, facing the children. These are two Frosts - Red Nose Frost and Blue Nose Frost. At the teacher’s signal “Start!” both Frosts say the words: “We are two young brothers, two frosts are daring. I am Frost Red Nose. I am Frost Blue Nose. Which of you will decide to set off on this little path?” All the players answer: “We are not afraid of threats and we are not afraid of frost” and run to the house on the opposite side of the site, and the Frosts try to freeze them, i.e. touch with your hand. Those of the guys who were touched by Frost freeze in place and remain like that until the end of the run. The frozen ones are counted, after which they join the players.

• Game "Sly Fox"

Goal: to develop agility, speed, coordination.

Description: A line is drawn on one side of the site, thereby indicating the “Fox House”. The teacher asks the children, who are located in a circle, to close their eyes. The teacher walks around the formed circle behind the children and touches one of the participants, who from that moment becomes a “sly fox.”

After this, the teacher invites the children to open their eyes and, looking around, try to determine who the sly fox is. Next, the children ask 3 times: “Sly fox, where are you?” At the same time, the questioners look at each other. After the children have asked the third time, the sly fox jumps into the middle of the circle, raises his hands up and shouts: “I’m here!” All participants scatter around the site in all directions, and the sly fox tries to catch someone. After 2-3 people are caught, the teacher says: “In a circle!” and the game starts again.

• Game "Deer Catching"

Objectives: practice running in different directions, agility.

Description: Two shepherds are selected from among the participants. The remaining players are deer located inside the outlined circle. The shepherds are behind the circle, opposite each other. At the leader’s signal, the shepherds take turns throwing the ball at the deer, who try to dodge the ball. The deer that the ball hit is considered caught and leaves the circle. After several repetitions, he counts the number of deer caught.

Poem about playing ball at recess(written by Svetlana Vetryakova specifically for the site)

To have fun playing
You need to pump up the ball.
And the boys and girls
The ball will be hit loudly.

Real athletes
They will run for recess.
They will jump and jump
And catch up with each other.

We will inflate the ball deftly
You just need to have the skill.
Press harder
Run away quickly!

Various games with the ball
We'll definitely start.
And in “Frog” and “Dog”,
In “Rucheek”, and in “Fast Ball”.

I reached the turn,
Rolled out of the gate.
Jumped over the yard
He escaped through the fence.

Spins quickly and flies!
Who will catch him now?
Hurry up and catch up
And tell your neighbor.

Multi-colored bright ball
Jumps briskly without hesitation.
Stop running, have fun,
We need to go study!

We inflated a huge ball,
We played and relaxed.
It's time for us to go back to class
We have classes there.

Game "Fishing Rod"

Objectives: develop dexterity, attention, speed of reaction.

Description: participants sit in a circle. In the center there is a driver - a teacher. He holds a string in his hands, at the end of which a small bag of sand is tied. The driver rotates the rope in a circle just above the ground. Children jump in such a way that the rope does not touch their legs. Those participants whose legs are hit by the rope are eliminated from the game.

• Game "Hunters and Falcons"

Tasks: practice running.

Description: All participants are falcons and are on one side of the hall. There are two hunters in the middle of the hall. As soon as the teacher gives the signal: “Falcons, fly!” participants must run to the opposite side of the hall. The hunters' task is to catch (spot) as many falcons as possible before they have time to cross the conditional line. Repeat the game 2-3 times, then change the drivers.

Game "Spider and flies"

Description: in one of the corners of the hall, a circle indicates a web in which there is a spider - the driver. All the other guys are flies. All the flies “fly” around the hall, buzzing. At the presenter’s signal “Spider!” the flies freeze. The spider comes out of hiding and carefully examines all the flies. He takes those who move into his web. After two or three repetitions, the number of flies caught is counted.

Outdoor game "Mousetrap"

Objectives: to develop in children the ability to perform actions on a signal.

Description: Two participants stand facing each other, join their hands and raise them higher. After this, both say in unison:

“How tired we are of the mice, they gnawed everything, ate everything!
We’ll set up a mousetrap and then we’ll catch the mice!”

While the participants are saying these words, the rest of the guys must run under their clasped hands. At the last words, the presenters abruptly lower their hands and catch one of the participants. The caught one joins the catchers and now there are three of them. So the mousetrap gradually grows. The last participant remaining is the winner.

Outdoor games for schoolchildren 7-9, 10-12 years old

Schoolchildren also love to play games during breaks or walks. We have selected games that can be played during after-school walks or during physical education lessons in grades 1-4. The rules of the game become a little more complicated, but the main objectives of the games are: training agility, reaction, speed, general physical development and the ability to cooperate with the guys.

Many outdoor games are universal: both boys and girls can play them. You can divide children into groups of girls and boys or according to another principle.

Game "Homeless Hare"

Goal: to develop attentiveness, thinking, speed and endurance.

Description: A hunter and a homeless hare are selected from all participants. The remaining players are hares, each draw a circle for themselves and stand in it. A hunter tries to catch up with a running homeless hare.

A hare can escape from a hunter by running into any circle. At the same time, the participant who stands in this circle must immediately run away, since now he becomes a homeless hare, and the hunter now catches him.

If a hunter catches a hare, then the one caught becomes the hunter.

• Outdoor game "Feet off the ground"

Objectives: learn to follow the rules of the game.

Description: The driver walks around the hall with other guys. As soon as the teacher says: “Catch!”, all participants scatter, trying to climb to any height where they can raise their feet above the ground. You can only insult those whose feet are on the ground. At the end of the game, the number of losers is counted and a new driver is selected.

Game "Empty Space"

Objectives: develop reaction speed, agility, attentiveness, help improve running skills.

Description: participants form a circle, and the driver is located behind the circle. By touching the shoulder of one of the players, he thereby challenges him to the competition. After this, the driver and the participant he chose run along the circle in opposite directions. The first one to occupy the empty space left by the chosen player remains in the circle. The one left without a seat becomes the driver.

• Outdoor game "Third wheel"

Objectives: develop dexterity, speed, cultivate a sense of teamwork.

Description: Participants walk in a circle in pairs, holding hands. The distance between pairs is 1.5 - 2 meters. Two drivers, one of whom runs away, the other catches up. The running player can stand in front of any pair at any time. In this case, the back player of the pair he stood in front of becomes the one who is being caught up. If, nevertheless, the player managed to catch up and make fun of him, then the drivers change roles.

• Game "Shootout"

Objectives: develop dexterity, attentiveness, speed of reaction.

Description: The game is played on a volleyball court. Having retreated 1.5 meters from the front line into the hall, a line parallel to it is drawn to form something like a corridor. An additional line is also drawn on the other side.

Participants are divided into two teams, each of which is placed on its own half of the court from the middle line of the corridor. Both teams must choose a captain. You cannot enter the opponent's territory. Each player who has the ball tries to hit his opponent with it without going beyond the center line. The greasy player is taken prisoner and remains there until the players of his team throw the ball into his hands. After this, the player returns to the team.

Outdoor games while walking

When walking with children in kindergarten or after-school activities in elementary school, the teacher needs to keep the children occupied with something: an excellent solution is to organize outdoor games while walking. First, the teacher introduces the children to various games, and later the children themselves, dividing into groups, will be able to decide which game they want to play. Outdoor games have a beneficial effect on the development of the child's body and strengthening the immune system. And the time of the walk flies by.

Before starting the game, the teacher needs to pay attention to the condition of the playing field: are there any unnecessary objects, splinters and anything else that could interfere with children’s play and create a dangerous environment - unfortunately, you can find them not only on the street, but also on the playground of a school or kindergarten a lot of trash.

• Train game

Objectives: To develop in children the ability to perform movements according to a sound signal, to consolidate the skill of forming a column. Practice walking and running after each other.

Description: Children line up in a column. The first child in the column represents a locomotive, the rest of the participants are carriages. After the teacher blows the whistle, the children begin to move forward (without clutch). At first slowly, then faster, gradually starting to run, they say “Chu - chu - chu!” “The train is approaching the station,” says the teacher. Children gradually slow down and stop. The teacher blows the whistle again, and train movement resumes.

• Outdoor game "Blind Man's Bluff"

Objectives: developing dexterity, developing the ability to navigate in space, observation.

Description: To play the game you need free space. A driver is selected, blindfolded and taken to the middle of the site. The driver is turned several times around his own axis, after which he must catch any player. The one who is caught becomes the driver.

• Game "Day and Night"

Tasks: practice running in different directions, act on a signal.

Description: All participants are divided into two teams. One command is “day”, the other is “night”. A line is drawn or a cord is placed in the middle of the hall. The teams stand at a distance of two steps from the drawn line, with their backs to each other. At the command of the presenter, for example, “Day!” the team with the appropriate name begins to catch up. Children from the “night” team must have time to run beyond the conditional line before their opponents have time to stain them. The team that manages to stain the most players from the opposing team wins.

• Game "Baskets"

Objectives: practice running after each other, develop speed, reaction speed, and attentiveness.

Description: Two presenters are selected. One of them will be the catcher, the other will be the fugitive. All remaining participants are divided into pairs and join hands, creating something like a basket. The players scatter in different directions, and the leaders separate; the catcher tries to catch up with the fugitive. The fugitive must run between the pairs. The baskets should not catch the fugitive, and for this he calls the names of the participants in the basket to which he runs up.

• Game "Hit and Run"

Objectives: to develop in children the ability to perform actions on a signal.

Description: The teacher is in the center of the circle. Throws the ball to the child and says his name. This kid catches the ball and throws it back to the adult. When the adult throws the ball up, all children must run to “their” place. The adult's task is to try to hit the fleeing children.

In this article we have presented 29 outdoor games with a detailed description of the rules of the games. We hope that this material will help organize children’s games at school during recess and physical education lessons, during outings in preschool educational institutions and public schools.

Compiled by: Oksana Gennadievna Borsch, primary school teacher, deputy director for educational work.

What are the rules of the Russian folk game burner? and got the best answer

Answer from Zhenok[guru]
Young people in Rus' loved to play burners. Apparently, in ancient times this game was surrounded by lights - hence the name.
Burners
This is, one might say, a “classic of the genre.” Players sit in pairs, holding hands and forming a column. The driver stands in front. Everyone speaks loudly or chants in chorus:
Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
Look at the sky -
Birds are flying.
The bells are ringing!
One, two, three - run!! !
Another variant:
: Burn, burn clearly,
So that it doesn't go out.
And one, and two, and three.
Last couple, run!
At the word “run,” the last couple standing runs around the column and stands in front. The driver must try to get ahead of one of the runners and take his place. The one who does not have enough space becomes the driver and “burns.” Instead of the words “last pair”, the driver can say: “fourth pair” or “second pair”. Therefore, everyone playing must be very attentive and remember where they stand in the column.
Children join hands to form pairs.
Couples stand one after another in a “stream”.
In front of the “stream”, a few steps away, stands the leader with a handkerchief in his hands.
At the end of the song, the children standing in the last pair open their arms and scatter along the “stream”.
They run one by one to the leader, trying to grab a handkerchief.
The first one who managed to do this remains with the scarf as the leader, and the other two (the former leader and the one who did not have time to grab the scarf) form a pair and become the first in the stream.
The game continues with the next pair of children
A popular variation of the burner game. Only the players do not stand in a formation (well), but in a circle, in a round dance, turning their faces away from the center. Everyone stands with their hands down, only the leader holds the handkerchief at arm's length. Two players come out of the round dance, who either themselves expressed a desire, or the draw indicated them. They must run in different directions from the leader, outside the round dance ring. The command to run is the beginning of the song.
The song sounds, the players run. Whoever takes the handkerchief first wins. He gets into line, passing the handkerchief to the player whose place he takes. He goes with a handkerchief to the leader, next to whom the defeated runner is already standing: he has to run again, compete in speed with the player chosen by the winner.
It should be noted that the song “Burn, Burn Clearly” is also sung when playing regular burners. There may be other words:
Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
The bird is flying
The wheel turns.
Where to snuggle
It will remain there.

Answer from 2 answers[guru]

Hello! Here is a selection of topics with answers to your question: What are the rules of the Russian folk game burner?

Answer from Anna***[guru]
Rules of the game
An open place is chosen for the game - a lawn, a clearing, a wide street in front of the house, a spacious yard.
The players stand in pairs one after another. In front of everyone, at a distance of two steps, stands the driver, the burner (burner), with his back to the players.
The players chant the words:
Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
Stay at your hem
Look at the field
The trumpeters are going there
Yes, they eat rolls.
Look at the sky:
The stars are burning
The cranes shout:
- Gu, gu, I'll run away.
One, two, don't be a crow,
And run like fire!
After these words, those standing in the last pair run from both sides along the column. The burner is trying to tarnish one of them. If the running players managed to take each other's hands before he stains one of them, then they stand in front of the first pair, and the burner leads again. The game repeats itself.
If the burner manages to stain one of those running in a pair, then he stands with him in front of the entire column, and the one who is left without a pair burns.
Conditions:
* The Burner only catches up with fleeing players when they run past him. He has no right to look back and spy which couple is about to run past him. Otherwise, the pair preparing to run may exchange turns with another pair or places with each other.
* No one should start running before the last word has been spoken.
* The burner can burn those running only until they join hands.
* Fifteen to twenty meters ahead of the burner, a place is marked in advance until which the running couple should not join their hands again.
* The players can agree that the burner should not chase any of the runners, but always the guy and, having caught up with him, can pair up with the girl, while the caught one goes to “burn” - or vice versa.

Answer from On Indyukov[guru]
Burners, called in other places: Separations, Razgars, are sent in the summer. People gather to play Burners in the evening, in a wide yard, or in a meadow, or on the street in front of the house. Young people, more girls and single men, take the lead in this game. The players condemn one of them, by lot, to burn - to a difficult position. All the others mate, that is, they become pairs, one after the other. The burner stands in front of the steam, motionless, not turning back, forward, or to the side. At this time, the players scatter in different directions. The burner chases them. If he manages to separate them, to catch the mistaken one, then his position no longer continues, or, for his failure, he must burn again, at least the game is repeated up to 100 times. “The game is not without deception,” the old ladies say - and that’s exactly true! How many tricks have been invented for the unfortunate sufferer: he can be deceived every minute.
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BURNERS

Why do I start with the burners? Maybe because this is one of the oldest and most widespread games in Russia. Previously, burners were played in both villages and cities, everyone played - from children to young adults.
And even Pushkin, my favorite poet, mentions burners in “The Peasant Young Lady” and “Eugene Onegin.” Couldn't he play them himself?..
Before starting to describe this game, I would like to introduce you to what was written about burners, and generally about Russian folk games, by one of Pushkin’s contemporaries.
“... our grandmothers provided their children with the most frisky, sweetest game - Burners - to flutter around the meadow with friends and fellows... All over Great Russia they give preference to this game. Our relatives - from the villager to the boyar - are equally amused by the Burners.
In modern life we ​​often hear how Russian games are called peasant games, the same games that in the old life amused the Russians, our ancestors, fathers and mothers... It would be in vain for us to imagine that the old Russian life existed without joy: then there was still entertainment more, and moreover, public entertainment. True, there were no theaters then; but for that the whole square, dotted with people, was free for amusements, for fun, for delight; for this reason, entire courtyards were filled with cheerful players... People of all classes were having fun in the squares; there were intricate, extensive games here... Everyone had fun, everyone lived freely, according to Russian.”
By the way, even kings sometimes had fun with burners. Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin describes how one day in Tsarskoe Selo, Catherine II’s secretary of state told him: “The Empress is somewhat boring, and the courtiers don’t start any games, perhaps, brother, let’s go and at least start the burners.” And how he chased the Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich and, “catching up with him in a slippery meadow, sloping towards a pond, he fell and hit the ground so hard that he became pale, like a dead man.” This is the same poet Derzhavin who, already a very old man, was so moved by the poems of the young Pushkin.
I would like to add that even during my childhood, burners were still very common, especially in villages. And no one considered this game to be ancient, much less forgotten.
Nowadays they rarely play burners, only some counselors in pioneer camps start this game.
Why don’t we play with the burners ourselves, right in the yard? It's so simple!
Many of you can say that even your parents don’t remember this game and there is no one to teach you. I know. That's why I decided to write this book for you. Truly, burners are worth it to once again become one of our favorite games!
I learned this game in the village when I was not yet ten years old. And so we, such little kids, played burners with the big guys.
The game is very simple and not very tedious. Therefore, burners can be played after other, difficult and intense games, or when a company with many girls gathers.
The smallest number of players is nine people, that is, four couples and one “burner”. It's no longer interesting to play three pairs. Well, it’s best when there are from six to ten couples, that is, from 13 to 21 people, including the burner. As you noticed, the number of participants should always be odd. Playing with more than ten pairs will also not be so fun, since each pair will have to wait quite a long time for their turn.
But in general, of course, if there are a lot of you and everyone really wants to run to the burners, then you can split into two games, just go further away so as not to disturb each other.
It is advisable that each pair be made up of a boy and a girl, then the game will be more interesting. Well, if at first there are, for example, two boys in a pair, then this will not last long, since during the game the pairs are constantly mixed. I don’t advise you to count to determine the burner - the ceremony will be too long. It would be better for someone to volunteer to “burn” or, in extreme cases, whoever came up last should be the one to drive.
After the burner has been found, everyone else joins hands in pairs and lines up behind each other at a distance of one step.
The burner stands in front, two or three steps from the first pair, with his back to them. Once he has taken his place, he is no longer allowed to look back or look around.
The game begins with everyone singing the following song to the burner in unison:
Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
Look at the sky -
Birds are flying
The bells are ringing!
If anyone doesn’t know what the motive of this song is, ask your grandparents, they probably know it well.
When the words “look at the sky - the birds are flying, the bells are ringing,” the burner must look at the sky, pretending that he really believes this fable about the birds with the bells.

And at this time the last pair is already ready.
As soon as the song ends, they separate their hands and rush headlong to run forward, one to the right, the other to the left of the players standing in pairs.
The task of the runners is to run past the burner and again join hands in front of him. It is possible not in front, but on the side; in this case, one of the pair needs to manage to run in front of the burner and give a hand to the other. You can’t just connect behind. And you can't run back.
If the runners manage to grab hands again, they calmly walk back and take a step ahead of the first pair.
And the burner must try to catch someone running. Please note that to do this, he needs not only to catch, but also to prevent them from running away, so that they cannot shake hands with each other. The burner does not have to actually catch, it is enough to stain, that is, touch the runner with his hand. If he succeeds, he forms a new pair with the caught one, and they stand in front of other pairs.
And the one who is not caught remains without a pair and must “burn.” They sing the song to him, and again the last couple runs.
But if the burner does not catch anyone, then he again takes his place two or three steps ahead and tries to catch someone from the next pair.
The game can last as long as you like, but it can’t be finished before all the pairs have run at least once.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that when choosing a place to play, you need to make sure that there is more space in front for running. In addition, the place should be, if possible, level, without any hummocks, stones, tall grass and similar inconveniences. The last couples run away, take the lead, and the whole game moves forward by itself. Therefore, if you have little space, then after each dash all pairs should retreat back.
And the last note: the caught one cannot escape from the burner.
Well, that’s all about the rules, it seems.
Now I’ll tell you something from my own observations and experience of playing burners, however, this dates back to the time when I was already fourteen or fifteen years old.
What's the best way to run as a couple? It is not at all necessary to immediately rush headlong, as I described earlier. Some, on the contrary, walk up to the burner at a walk, creep up silently and only then, with a wink at each other, launch themselves at full speed! This confuses the burner, and he is sometimes late in pursuit. Moreover, the burner has no right to turn back or move until the runners catch up with him. But remember that runners should not turn around and run backwards. And don’t run too far to the side, there’s no one there to give you a hand...
And we had one more trick. When you assume that the burner wants to catch you, but you have absolutely no need for it, you need to change places with your partner before running. Then the burner will immediately rush to the right, and you run to the left! By the time he rushes around and figures out what’s what, you will already have time to grab hands.
But rearranging whole pairs - closer or further - is not allowed. How you stood up at first and how you ran - stick to this order throughout the game.
And remember that the main thing in burners is not to run away from the burner, but to pair up again. Otherwise they scatter far, forgetting about their mate, then they give a lot of time and opportunities for the burner to catch up. Therefore, do not lose sight of your partner or partner for a moment, trying to “catch” with your hands as quickly as possible.
And look at your feet when you run so as not to stumble. Here it’s a shame not only because you fell into the hands of a burner, but it’s annoying that everyone will laugh.
Don’t be surprised, but sometimes it happens that the burner only pretends that he is trying to catch someone, rushes to one or the other of the runners, and everything is unsuccessful. He is being cunning, he is just waiting for a couple to run, in which there is someone whom he really wants to catch. Then he catches with all his might, but then he can stand in a pair, holding hands with the one he likes.
And some of these cunning people even deliberately stand behind the couple they are interested in, in order to enter the game just in front of them. And when the turn comes to run, he tries to make sure that he himself gets to burn. And then he catches whoever he wants.
It also happens that someone, as if by chance, wants to succumb to the burner, and he will take it and catch another...
In general, this game has a lot of possibilities and surprises, and that’s what makes it interesting.


But I must tell you that sometimes the burner has a hard time. Another time, many couples will run by, but he still can’t catch anyone! The poor burner is out of breath, running around until he gets himself a mate. So there is no way to yawn here! It is not for nothing that in the old days it was believed that “to burn is a difficult position.”
It’s good if someone decides to succumb to him, as if by accident. Now I am no longer surprised that it was not difficult for us to play with the big guys, we never burned out for a long time. And it’s useful for you to know that the more often the burners change, and therefore changes occur in pairs, the more interest there is in the game. Therefore, I can advise you: when big and small, good runners and unimportant ones, play together, agree that you can burn no more than five times. If you couldn't catch anyone from the fifth pair, choose any of them and stand in a row. And let the rest burn.
Well, and finally, for older readers, I’ll tell you how in the old days grown-up boys and girls played burners. I myself, of course, did not play like this, so I will give here a description as it is given in one old book.
“...Couples are usually made up of a gentleman and a lady. The gentleman who, when running, only catches the lady, always burns...
I'm burning, I'm burning, damn it! - says the burner.
Who are you burning for? - asks the lady from the last couple.
For you, my soul, a beautiful maiden!
Do you love?
I love.
Will you buy it?
I'll buy it.
“Buy,” says the lady and, having separated from her partner, runs forward.”
Here the burner’s concern is to win the lady away from the gentleman who was paired with her. And the one left without a partner must find a new lady or try to win back the one he was with before.
Here, apparently, all the rules and tricks that I already spoke about when describing our childish burners also apply.

Burners is a very ancient game. Therefore, I would like to at least briefly tell you about its origin.
Russian historians of the last century directly associated burners with the customs of the pagan Slavs.
Every year, on the longest day of the summer solstice - June 23 - the Slavs had the holiday of Yarila (and later Kupala), dedicated to the Sun. In the evening, our distant ancestors - the Slavs - gathered on the banks of the rivers, lit fires for night games, jumped over the fire and swam, “to meet the rising luminary in purity.” On the same night, the “kidnapping” of the girls took place.
In our most ancient chronicle - “The Tale of Bygone Years, where did the Russian land come from” - it is said about this: “I go to the games, to the dancing, and to all the demonic games, and that wife’s wife.” Historian S. M. Soloviev adds: “The game of the burner best resembles this snatching.”
As you understand, these words refer to a more ancient type of burner, where a guy can only catch a girl.
Where did the name of the game come from - burners?
The Russian historian, famous collector of folk tales A. N. Afanasyev writes about this:
“In the epic language of folk songs... it is sung:
It is not the fire that burns, it is not the resin that boils,
And the zealous heart burns and boils
for the red girl...
The burners begin with the onset of spring, when the goddess Lada was glorified, when nature itself enters into its blessed union with the thunder god and the earth is accepted as its kind. Obviously, this game dates back to ancient times."
Well, have you visited the corner of your soul in the unimaginable distance of past centuries, felt your native ancestors?
Now let's go back to a time not so distant and move on to the next game.
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Active game

From 5 players

Not regulated

Short story

Burners were not originally a child's game. It was played by single guys and unmarried girls, and the leader was always a guy and he could only catch girls. This was one of the ways to meet or choose a bride.

The emergence of this game is associated with pagan holidays and rituals: the meeting of spring, “when the goddess Lada, the patroness of marriage and childbirth, was glorified, when nature itself enters into its blessed union with the god of thunder and the earth is accepted as its clan,” or with the holiday of Yarila or Ivan Kupala - on the day of the summer solstice. “Gorki” was often played on holidays or when a lot of people simply gathered. Over time, this game became only for children, which has remained true to this day.

Description

Burners is an active ancient Slavic game in which the person standing in front catches, at a signal, other participants running away from him in pairs. The burners began with the onset of spring. The name comes from the song accompanying the game: “Burn, burn clearly so that it doesn’t go out.”

The word burners goes back to the verb “burn”, and initially, apparently, in the meaning of “to love, to suffer from love”, characteristic of folk poetry: “It is not the fire that burns, it is not the resin that boils, but the heart that burns and boils zealously for the red maiden...”.

In different areas there are other names for burners: separation, heat, burnt, burnt, oprel, burn-oak and burn-stump.

Rules

An open place is chosen for the game - a lawn, a clearing, a wide street in front of the house, a spacious yard.

The players stand in pairs one after another. In front of everyone, at a distance of two steps, stands the driver, the burner (burner), with his back to the players.

The players chant the words:

Burn, burn clearly

So that it doesn't go out.

Stay at your hem

Look at the field

The trumpeters are going there

Yes, they eat rolls.

Look at the sky:

The stars are burning

The cranes shout:

- Gu, gu, I’ll run away.

One, two, don't be a crow,

And run like fire!

Burn, burn clearly so that it doesn’t go out!
Look at the sky - the birds are flying,
The bells are ringing,
Look - don't be a crow, run like fire!

After these words, those standing in the last pair run from both sides along the column. The burner, without turning around, tries to stain one of them. If the running players managed to take each other's hands before he stains one of them, then they stand in front of the first pair, and the burner leads again. The game repeats itself.

If the burner manages to stain one of those running in a pair, then he stands with him in front of the entire column, and the one who is left without a pair burns.

• The Burner only catches up with fleeing players when they run past him. He has no right to look back and spy which couple is about to run past him. Otherwise, the pair preparing to run may exchange turns with another pair or places with each other.
• No one should start running before the last word has been spoken.
• The burner can burn the runners only until they join hands.
• Fifteen to twenty meters ahead of the burner, a place is marked in advance until which the running couple should not join their hands again.
• The players can agree that the burner should not chase any of the runners, but always the guy and, having caught up with him, can pair up with the girl, while the caught one goes to “burn” - or vice versa.