Sepak Takraw ball game

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Sepak takraw ball game

***** Location: Malaysia
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Sepak takraw
(Malay: "sepak takraw" or "sepak raga", Jawi: سيڤق تكراو or سيڤق راڬا; Thai: ตะกร้อ, RTGS: takro; "ka-taw"; Filipino: "sipa"; Vietnamese: "cầu mây"),
or kick volleyball, is a sport native to the Malay-Thai Peninsula.
Sepak takraw differs from the similar sport of volleyball in its use of a rattan ball and only allowing players to use their feet, knee, chest and head to touch the ball. It is a popular sport in Southeast Asia.



In Malaysia, the game is called sepak raga or "takraw". It is also thuck thay (Lao: "twine" and "kick") while in Thailand it is sometimes called takraw. In Myanmar it is known as chin lone. In the Philippines, besides "takraw" it is also known as sipa, meaning "kick".

Similar games include footbag net, footvolley, football tennis, bossaball, jianzi and sipa. These similar games all involve keepie uppies.
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Worldwide use

Philippines

We call it 'SIPA', which is also a verb meaning 'KICK'.
Ella Wagemakers


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Things found on the way


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ball in the air
acrobatic kick
killer over the net

- Shared by Mokhtar Sah Malik -
Joys of Japan, 2012



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Related words

. First Kick-Ball Game (kemari hajime 蹴鞠初め) .


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