Teaching Antakshari

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Antakshari

A favorite at Indian gatherings. Split into two teams. One team sings a few lines of any song. The other team has 30 seconds to start a song that begins with the last letter of the last word they sang. Go back and forth until one team can't think of a song.

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Split into two teams.

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Sing

The first team sings at least one full line of any song.

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Find the letter

The last letter of the last word they sang is the other team's letter.

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Answer

The other team has 30 seconds to start singing a song whose first word begins with that letter.

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No repeats

A song that's already been sung can't be sung again.

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Score

If a team runs out of time, the other team scores a point and starts the next round with any song.

How to win

The first team to 5 points wins.

that's it!

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