Besh tash literally: (five stones). It is usually played by teenage girls. Each player must have 5 small round stones, with which they demonstrate various juggling techniques.
1st exercise.
1. Place four stones on the ground. Toss the fifth stone up, quickly pick up one stone from the ground with the same hand, and catch the tossed stone. Now you have two stones in your hand.
2. Throw up two stones, pick up another one from the ground, and catch the tossed stones. You now have three stones in your hand.
3. Throw up three stones, pick up another one, and join it with the three, catching them in the air.
4. Throw up four stones, pick up the last fifth one from the ground, and join it with the four.
5. Throw up all five, clap your palm on the ground, and catch the stones.
In all these cases, only one hand is used to play. The second hand cannot assist.
2nd exercise.
1. Scatter the stones in front of you so that each falls separately.
2. While tossing one stone, pick up one stone each time (four times — four stones).
3. While tossing one stone, pick up two stones each time.
4. Do the same and pick up three stones at once.
5. Do the same and pick up four separate stones at once.
Moreover, when picking up the required stones with your hand, do not touch the others.
3rd exercise. Scatter the stones.
1. Use the thumb and index finger of your left hand to press against the ground, forming an "arch" (gate).
2. With your right hand, toss a stone, and while the stone is in the air, pass one of the lying stones through the "arch." After that, catch the tossed stone.
3. Do the same with two stones.
4. Repeat with three stones.
Finally, pass four stones through the "arch" at once.
The game continues. More complex exercises are performed, the number of which in some areas of the republic reaches up to twenty.
If a player fails to perform a move or breaks the rules of the game, they lose their turn and wait for their next turn. They continue the game from the move they did not complete. Interestingly, each exercise or move has its own name and terminology. Players can vary the exercises and agree to make them more difficult.
