Imidlalo

uqwembe lokudlala lwaseGibithe lasendulo olunesihoshwa lowe-1390 kuya ku- 1353 BC, olugcinwe eBrooklyn Museum

Children's Games, 1560, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Gaming table, circa 1735, wood and ivory marquetry, overall: 78.7 x 94 x 54.6 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, Ohio, US)

The Card Players, an 1895 painting by Paul Cézanne depicting a card game, in Courtauld Institute of Art (London)

UmDlalo noma umFeketho uhlobo lokudlala oluhlelekile, ngokuvamile olwenzelwa ukunandisa noma ubumnandi, futhi ngesinye isikhathi lusetshenziswa njengensiza kufundisa. Imifeketho ihlukile kunomsebenzi, ngokuvamile owenzelwa iholo, futhi ihlukile kunobuciko, ngokwenjwayelo obenzelwa umbalazi wawo noma inkolelombono ethile. Kodwa umehluko awucacile kahle, ngoba imifeketho eminingi seyithathwa njengomsebenzi (njengemidlalo ekhokhelwayo noma imidlalo noma imifeketho enezibukeli) nabo ubuciko (njengemifeketho yeBukwa neminye imidlalo yobuciko).