Malays rich by traditional games. Among them football games sports takraw. Their ability to process the ball really amazing. There's an art seen here other than sports.

Football takraw is a mixture of sports from football and volleyball, badminton doubles is played on the field, and players must not touch the ball with his hands. The most prestigious championship in this branch is the King's Cup World Championships, the last one held in Bangkok, Thailand.

This game comes from the Melaka Sultanate era (1402 - 1511) and Raga is known as the Football in the language of the Malays. Made of woven rattan ball and the players standing in a circle.

Earliest historical records about the sport there is soccer in the history of the Malays. When the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah Ibni Muzzaffar late Sultan Shah (1459 - 1477), a son named Raja Ahmad has thrown the country to kill children karana Treasurer due to dispute body when playing soccer. Raja Ahmad was appointed later in the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Muhammad Shah I styled Ibni late Sultan Mansur Shah.

In the 1940s this changed with the use of nets and regulation numbers. In the Philippines this game called SIPA, in Burma chinlone, kator in Laos, and Thailand takraw.

The rules are similar to volleyball with a difference:

1. players must not touch the ball with his hands
2. player or team may only touch the ball 3 times in a row
3. defender's position is not played
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