GAMES AND SPORTS
The games and sports are a great unifying force and have tremendous effect on the national and international integration . People used sports and games as a mode of transmitting the cultural heritage of their tribes.
GAMES, SPORTS and physical activities persisted despite the rise and fall of ancient civilization and became strongly embedded in the history of civilization as a cultural heritage, which was passed on from one generation to another.
TODAY, games and sports have emerged as universal cultural phenomena.
Physical education programmes ar structured in such a way that they teach the essential unity in the diversities of national life, and games and sports try to inculcate in them the essential qualities of communal harmony and fellow fellings. Youth festivals of sports and similar competitions organised throughout the country will go a long way in harmonising their through and efforts. In fact, play grounds are the laboratories of the society where socially useful actions can be moulded, refined and humane approch to life can be practiced. For buliding up a new generation of men and womens commited to tje process of national and international integration, an appropriate training and motivation of the individuals is imperatives.
All this is possible through the medium of sound programmes of physical educations, games and sports which act as a dynamic charging force - never compromising with the status quo of the traditional thinking, attitude and habits. Undoubtedly, sports and games play a vital role in strenghtening national as well as international integration.
IN nutshell, the real advantages and benefits that flow from games and sports for national and international intergration are:
1. INCULCATING APPROPRIATE VALUES
2. PROVIDING RICH EXPERIENCES
3. DEVELOPING LIBERAL ATTITUDES
4. PROMOTING FEELINGS OF TOGETHERNESS
5.PROMOTING "ESPIRT DE CORPS "
6. REMOVING FEAR AND DISTRUST
7. CREATING A HABIT OF THINKING
8. PROMOTING OF SENSE OF DISCIPLINE
SPORTS AND GAMES can build emotionally integrated citizens with a refined sense of nationalism, well adjusted to the time, and remove anti- national integration.
SPORTS competitions are open to one and all, and all participate with the spirit of sportsmanship. They forget the political rivalry of their nations.Even the white colour of OLYMPIC FLAG symbolises peace. The games thus spread the message of peace,which is necessary for international integration. Games and sports have a potentiality of creating a new social order, a new ideology of cooperation rather than that of conflict and distrust. This helps in promoting better social adjustments and solving various social platforms.
Sports and games aims at fostering and increaing respect qnd affection for those belonging to other cultural and ethnic groups. It eradicates the prejudices, partialities, dufferences etc.that arises out of cultural differences. They provides such wholesome experiences and programmes which develop an understanding of other's cultural patterns, beliefs and ways of living. Development of such understanding will promote cooperation and through a process of give and take, a cultural synthesis will take place.
WORLD BROTHERHOOD is undoubtedly the most important achievement of international competitions, and the comradeship born out of this common zeal for sport is the main ingredient of international integration.
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