Developing the board game tumbi

Tumbi

Megna santhosh

Contents acknowledgement brief thumbelina ideation story teaser tribes of wayanad board game reflective note bibliography

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Acknowledgement I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher Jyotsna Ma’am and who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic Story telling which also helped me in doing a lot of Research and I came to know about so many new things I am really thankful to Ma’am. Secondly i would also like to thank my parents and friends who helped me a lot in finalizing this project within the limited time frame.

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Brief We were divided into several groups and asked to choose a fairy tale. The task was to come up with a contemporary moral for the story.We also had to shoot a trailer as well as communicate the story visually through a medium of our choice.

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Thumbelina A girl no bigger than her mother’s thumb feels all alone in the world knowing she is the only person her size. Her wish for a companion at last comes true when the prince of the fairy’s arrives at her window sill. However, the naive Thumbelina’s life goes downward from there when a toad kidnaps her. While she tries to find a way home, she begins to grow up and learns about hope with the help of the friends she always wanted.

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Ideation We picked out a unique essence from the story,�

Even the littlest of things can bring about an enormous change.� Thumbelina was the littlest thing in the story but nobody spared their time in getting to know her better.Attracted by her extenal beauty everyone greedily rushed to pocess her and shut her out of her bright future.Naive and unaware of the evil intentions of the word tumbelina continuously fell into the traps set by others.

Using the magic of self reliance she learned to overcome the hurdles in life.

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Story 1)Within the forests of Wayanad at the dawn of the 19th century lived an age old tribe called the Kurichiyars.

They lived under the leadership of their chief in harmony with nature, feeding on wild honey and shooting poisonous arrows at their trespassers. The chief raised his younger daughter Tumbi, alongside the forest’s authentic beauty and wildlife, well rooted in the skill of archery and Kalaripayattu.

2) One rainy afternoon Charles, the son of the British governor gallivants into the forests of Wayanad Hunting elephants. From a distance Charles spotted a baby elephant feeding on plantain. he got a closer vision of the animal he sees a woman draped in white with beautiful long black hair slicked back into a bun with colourful flow-

ers taming the animal. He watched her gracefully singing to the bees and collecting honey from the beehives.

Charles slowly made his way through the forest towards Tumbi and introduced himself to her. and was mesmerised by her flawless skin, tanned to perfection.

3) Tumbi, timid and unaware of Charles’s motive falls for his charming smile and blonde hair. Charles called Tumbi by the name “Thumbelina “as she reminded him of the classic he once read in his childhood. Charles gradually drifts Tumbi away from her tribe.She almost forgets who she really was.

4) With the help of Tumbi’s care taker Charles influences her to run away with him to the British quarters. The very next day rumour spread

in the forest that the chief ’s daughter has betrayed the forest and eloped with the enemy. The chief sent his best archers to hunt for her but they failed the task.Charles initially introduces Tumbi to the rest of his British crew members. The British eyed her with disgrace. The rest of the British women were pale white with silky blonde hair and light blue eyes. They mocked Tumbi’s dark complexion and tortured her in every mentally inhuman way possible. They called her untouchable and a worthless savage. Tumbi cried herself to sleep every single night.

5) One evening as Tumbi returned to the British quarters after fetching firewood from the forest she was disturbed by the site of all the civilised British women dressed in long fluffy dresses, slurping

tea from fancy tea cups. As she looked down at her humble palm leaf skirt and flower blouse, tears of shame ran down her pink cheeks.

She runs as fast as her legs could carry her. As she approached a ficus tree to hang herself; the conversation between Charles and another British man behind the tree caught her attention. She overheard their motive of using Tumbi as bait to take over the forests of Wayanad and all its precious spices like pepper and the other produces along with it by conquering the chief.

6) Infurious Tumbi gathers all her courage, chops of her lustrous long black hair, burns herself with firewood and escapes the British quarters disguised as a slave. The thought that she had betrayed her father bothered her. As she stopped by a river to quench her thirst a wild angry herd

of humongous elephants run towards her destroying everything in its way. All of a sudden, a woman dressed in animal carcus leans in from nowhere, grabs Tumbi and saves her.

7) The woman provided Tumbi with food, clothing and shelter in return for the skill of archery. Spring, winter, autumn and summer passed by, gradually Tumbi build a strong group of archers with the help of the tribal woman.

8) In the late summer of 89 war struck between the tribe Kurichiyars and the notorious British to save the forests of Wayanad. Alone, the tribe stood no chance against the British .The Chief watched miserably as his men were brutally shot down. Alas, Charles walked towards the Chief pointing a loaded rifle at him. Instantaneously a woman jumps in with a bow and arrow, Crew cut and a sharp eye. As she stood

face to face with the man she loved unconditionally she read his lips mumble the name” Thumbelina!” in awe. Determining her target, precisely in one fluid action Tumbi shot an arrow straight through Charles’s head and saved her father and the forests of Wayanad from the British.

Above is the illustration of the protagonist Thumbi.

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Teaser We symbolically communicated the story through a teaser.We used hand shadow puppetry to tell the story of thumbelina whom in our story is Thumbi.We used colored backgrounds of white for peace,red for abuse and blue for freedom. The teaser begins with Tumbi coming into existance continued by evil hands abusing her and in the end she gathers all her courage and breaks free.

Freedom is also expressed through wings in the end.

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Tribes of Wayanad In the story, the protagonist Tumbi belongs to the tribe Kurichiyars.This is an agricultural tribal community who live in joint families under a chieftain.They are skilled in archery and kalaripayattu.Paniyas is another set of tribe who were bond laboureres and workers in plantaitions.

They were also sent to steal coffee by the higher authorities. Kattunayakan is the tribe which collects and gathers forest products.They worship animals, birds, trees, hillocks and snakes. They are firm believers of black magic and sorcery.The Uraali Kurumas is the most versatile and colorful tribe. They are skilled potters as well as musicians.They are also an artisan tribe.

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Board Game Once Tumbi defeats the British all the tribes of Wayanad sets off to hunt for the loot which the British has hidden deep in the forest. The game starts off with the roll of the dice. As the player continues his journey in the borders of Wayanad he will face dangers and will have to draw a Tumbi card to save himself, he will also end up in traps from which he can escape only by missing a chance.The player can draw a tribe card if he rolls a six and every time he crosses “START� he can draw a tribe card.Once the player has either collected five kuruchiyars, six Kattunayakans,seven Paniyas or eight Uraali Kurumas he can enter wayanad which is the centre of the game board.

If two or more players are on the same spot then the one with the lowest score according to the number of tribe cards will have to go back to the previous spot where they were.The one who seeks and finds the treasure will win the game.

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Board game 9

The Sorcerer Kattunayakan

Tribe Card

The Arrow Kurichiyars

Tribe Card

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The Musician Uraali Kurumas

Tribe Card

The Thief Paniyas

Tribe Card

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Tumbi

Hand over any one of your tribe cards to your opponent

Tumbi Card

Tumbi

Collect a tribe card from each player

Tumbi Card 12

Reflective Note I learnt the process of communicating a story as well as team work effectively through this assignment. Jotsna Ma’am taught us how to work positively even when we are out of our comfort zones. With the help of Tajinder sir and kuldeep sir I learnt the basics of the softwares Premiere pro and after effects.The final output which was the board game,Krisha and I came up with was truely the result of our strong ideation and execution.

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References 1) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111419/plotsummary 2) http://static.zerochan.net/POP.Wonderland%3A.Thumbelina.full.61177.jpg 3) https://www.google.co.in/search?q=rapunzel+story +book&biw=1366&bih=657&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUK 4) https://www.google.co.in/ search?q=wayanad+map&biw=1366&bih=657&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ0-WCvozPAhWHipQKHQqBDGgQ_AUIBSgA&dpr=1

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