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Monday, June 17, 2013

TERENGGANU traditional games


As we know Terengganu have many traditional games and people know about these games. Many tourists come to Terengganu to see these traditional games and they want to know how to play and how to make these traditional games.. So, today.. we would like to share with you the famous traditional games at Terengganu... Enjoyy buddyz... !

Famous traditional games at Terengganu are:

Kite:  Partly due to the specific location of facing the South China Sea which brings to this land wind that can make a kite fly as high as one wishes, flying a kite in the clear blue sky of Terengganu was once played by farmers on leveled ground after post-harvesting season, but it now attracts people from all walks of life. Over the years, kite festivals have encouraged creativity in kite-making, thus resulting in kites that are designed in the shape of a fish, cat, caterpillar, and bird but the famous huge moon-kite (wau bulan) remains as popular as it was years ago.

Congkak:  Congkak is a game of wit played by womenfolk in ancient times. This game is usually played by 2 girls sitting face to face on the ground, using rubber seeds, saga or small marbles as the seeds. Seeds are points for the players. Total seed used depends on the number of pit in the congkak set. The game will carry on till all the pits on one side are empty. The winner is the player who captured the most seeds.

Sepak raga ratus:  It is usually played by 6-12 adult male in the field in evening. The players will gather in a circle and game will begin with one of the player throw the rattan ball to another participant who stands opposite of him. Receiver can either kick, head or t chest the ball for several time before sending it to another player as he wishes. It will be more interesting when any of the players able to keep the ball for a longer time without falling to the ground.

Bola cetong:  This game is played by 6 to 12 boys and girls in the village. The participants will be evenly divided into 2 groups, i.e. the Cans Keeper and the Thrower. To decide which group will be the starter, a simple vote will be carried out. The Cans Keeper will arrange the cans in pyramid on a piece of wood. When this is done, members in the Thrower side will throw a ball as to fall the cans. Each of them is given three chances to do so. Until all the cans have fallen to the ground, the Keeper will take turn to throw to ball to Thrower members who are sorting and arranging the fallen cans back onto the wood.



Tapak gajah:  A pair of coconut shells piecing with robe will be used in this game. Each group will consist of 2 participants. The first participant will ‘wear’ the coconut shell on foot and holding the robe in hand then walk to his group member. When reaches the destination, the shell will be given to the friend and the latter will do the same until. Group that reaches the ending point the first will be the winner.



That all from us yaww.. ! hope this post had give some information to you about the traditional games at Terengganu.. and thanks for reading our blog.. do comment about your favourite traditional games below... thank you.. XOXO ! 


8 comments:

  1. waw.. i loved to play congkak during my childhood..

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  2. oh..we loved to play congkak too..
    for your information, bola cetung also the best games..
    you should try it :)

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  3. good job incridibleinvisible !!!..the post about traditional games is so interesting...:)

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  4. tapak gajah is sound interesting to play,, i think i should try play this game...

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  5. jihan izzat : thank you :) would you like to share your favourite traditional games..

    zafa faz : oh, really ? yeah... you must be enjoy playing the games..

    izz diyana : yep,, tapak gajah also interesting games to play.. you should try it and please share with us your experience playing tapak gajah games. thank you :)

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  6. ohh..my favourite games is batu seremban but you guys do not mention about batu seremban..i also like to play congkak..

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  7. okey! i think i want to try playing the tapak gajah when i go back to my hometown..
    and yes i will share with u all ;)

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  8. i like play sepak raga ratus!!!!
    want play this games now...hehehe

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