Traditional Games Playing




Learn the fun of kicking rattan balls. Spin a top like never before. Or just sit and watch in awe traditional games in Malaysia. Visiting villages in rural areas of Malaysia or joining a homestay programme will enable tourists to experience playing traditional games.

It can be as simple as using red saga seeds as marbles, catching wild spiders and pit one another to a much complicated games like sepak raga or kicking rattan balls and flying a wau or kite. Other traditional games are congkak, silat, top spinning (gasing), galah panjang, sepak bulu ayam (feather kicking), main lereng, tarik upih and many more. All these games which are zealously played by adults often hold spectators in awe. 

Recommended Places to Visit:

  • Homestay Felda Semenchu
  • Kampung Pelegong Homestay Programme