How to play
- Participants
- We suggest 4–8 players and a sighted facilitator.
- Space
- A small clear room with furniture and sharp corners outside the playing area.
- Equipment
- A soft blindfold
- Starting formation
- The catcher stands in the middle, with the other players around them.
- Choose the catcher by lot. With their agreement, cover their eyes and guide them to the middle.
- The others move quietly nearby. The catcher searches with outstretched hands; nobody pushes them or leads them towards obstacles.
- After catching a player, the catcher tries to identify them. In this activity, the facilitator confirms a correct name.
- The identified player takes the blindfold. If the guess is wrong, searching continues; anyone may pause and arrange a change when tired.
Ending: An identified player becomes the next catcher. No overall points table is needed.
Documented version: Kudirka describes several forms. This page chooses quiet movement and catching with the hands; group size, facilitation and pauses are practical recommendations.
Names and variants
Akla višta, Gūžputpelė
Start slowly
Explore the boundaries before using the blindfold. The facilitator stays sighted and can stop movement immediately. Recognition is the task, so fast running is unnecessary.
The source title
The 1993 entry is headed Gūžputpelė and lists akla višta among its alternative names. This general description does not establish a particular village provenance.