Traditional rules of Sagol Kangjei



The longer part of the kangjei(stick) is made from cane and the lower part use to hit the ball is made from wood mainly by Uyung( a local tree). And the ball(kangdrum) is made from bamboo root( Maribok, Utang,Unal and Saneibi). Now the ball are also made from plastic.
  Sagol Kangjei is play in an open rectangular field which is suitable for horse ride. And goal lines determine the end of the two boundaries of the rectangular field.  A goal is scored by a team when the ball crosses the terminal line on the other side i.e. the line on the width of the field. While playing players can pick up the ball with bare hand but need to hit the ball by stick at end of the finishing line to score goal.
Each player in Sagol Kangjei assumes a specific position on the field.
a) Pun - Ngak ( Full back )
b) Pun - Ngakchun ( Half back )
c) Pulluk ( Left wing )
d) Langjei ( Centre )
e) Pulluk ( Right wing )
f) Pun Jen ( Inner )
g) Pun - Jenchun ( Inner )
 
   To start a Sagol Kangjei match all the players are gather in the centre of the field and the referee(wayenba) throw the in the air by saying “hantre”, this is also called “Huntre Hunba”. If a team score a goal then hantre hunba will do again. In the early times, there was no definite time duration of a match.  It depended on the total number of goals to be scored in the match and it was fixed by the two teams before the start of play. There was a Pul-onba i.e. change of ends when the total scored reached half the number agreed upon. It was not uncommon to fix the number of goals to be scored at 80 or even 100. Any number of players and ponies could be substituted during play as and when necessary.
   Nowadays, the game is usually played in two periods of 20 minutes each, with a breather of 5 minutes at half time. The teams change ends at half time. There is still no limit to the number of players and ponies that can be substituted during play.

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