Malay Kampong Games

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Malay Kampong Games
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Content

• Traditional games and sports
• Types of games
• Congkak
• Sepak Takraw
• Gasing/Top Spinning
• Wau

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Traditional Games And Sports

• Traditional Malay games and sports showed the
  gotong-royong (mutual help) spirit of the
  community. Some, like the congkak, tested
  intelligence and mental abilities.

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• More popular among Malay children and women,
  congkak is an indoor game played by two players
  by    taking turns to fill in the holes on the
  congkak board (papan congkak) with congkak seeds
  (biji congkak, made usually from saga or rubber
  seeds or small marbles). Each player is entitled
  to eight holes with the left-most one being his
  "home". The player with the most number of seeds
  in his "home" wins the game.
• Congkak is a game of wit played by womenfolk
  in ancient times that required no more than holes
  in the earth and tamarind seeds. Today, it has
  been refined to a board game. It consists of a
  wooden board with two rows of five, seven, or
  nine holes and two large holes at both ends
  called "home". Congkak, played with shells,
  pebbles or tamarind seeds, requires two players.

Congkak
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Sepak Takraw

• Sepak Takraw is a word that comes from two
  different languages. Sepak means, kick and it
  came from a Malay word, whereas Takraw means
  ball, and it came from a Thai word. This is a
  game that consists of six players and the ball is
  made of plastic. Many countries have begun to
  play this type of game like Japan, China,
  Thailand and other interested countries.
• The players have to maintain the ball from
  touching the ground by using their legs and head
  only. In the middle of the Takraw court, there is
  a net that separates competitors into two
  separate sides. The winning score for this game
  is 15 points.

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Gasing

• Gasing (top) was a popular Malay game among
  children and adults. It was played during
  festivals or for leisure. Gasing competitions
  were often held in kampongs and in most cases
  involved the whole village community.
• Giant top spinning is no child's game! Each
  gasing or top weighs approximately 5kg. It calls
  for strength, coordination, and skill. The
  gasing, if expertly hurled, can spin for as long
  as 2 hours. Top spinning competitions are an
  annual feature in the east coast of Peninsular
  Malaysia especially Kelantan and Terengganu.

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Top Spinning

• In Malaysia, top spinning is widely practiced in
  Malay culture. Tops are very popular and are one
  of the necessary games that Malay will perform
  whenever there is a cultural performance. A top
  is as big as a bowling ball and sometimes it can
  weigh up to ten pounds. It is made of wood and
  tin. To play a game of top spinning requires
  players to have skillful spinning style, and
  patience in order to wind a string around the
  bottom of the top. When every competitor is
  ready, players will begin to use their special
  skills to make their tops spin on the ground. The
  player with the longest top spin time will win
  the prize.

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• Nobody really knows exactly the time when top
  spinning was discovered, but the age of the game
  is at least 2000 years. A curious child, who was
  first using a nut or acorn to spin, discovered
  it. A childs curiosity has turned top spinning
  into a game that is practiced worldwide. In
  China, they call it TSA LIN or KO-EN-GEN, in
  Japan, they call it Koma Asobi, in Europe they
  call it Diabolo and many other countries in the
  world also play the game.

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Wau

• Wau means kite it came from a Malay word. Wau
  has a long history its existence goes back
  hundreds of years, when farmers used kites to
  keep birds from eating their crops in the fields
  and some even used kites as a way to make their
  children sleep. The hum of the kite as it is
  blown by the wind makes the children. Wau is made
  of bamboo. For quality purposes, the bamboo is
  split and dried under the sun for two weeks, as
  this will prevents weevil attacks and also makes
  it more flexible. A wau can reach a height of
  more than 450 meters in the sky.

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• It is a very popular game that is still practiced
  in Malaysia the two most popular states are
  Kelantan and Terengganu. This game is played
  especially during harvest time. The most popular
  waus are Wau Bulan (Crescent Kite), Wau, Kuching
  and also Wau Sobek. Kite flying is the only game
  that has no specific rules and every kite-player
  is free to play as they wish

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