Traditional Games In Malaysia

Nowadays most of traditional games is not being played anymore by the children as they are more attracted to play computer games.

Traditional games in malaysia. Vanuatu tuvala fiji cococs island guam and so on southern asia plate and indian continent indochina and northern pacific area by burma laos and cambodia aborigines. Congkak is considered as a game played for girls. It s a children s game that is not only entertainment but also beneficial for mental and physical development to the players. The game would go on practically forever as you and your opponent took turns trying to get the most tokens in your rumah.

The most kan cheong moment was always the race at the start to determine who goes first and when you almost accidentally place a token into a lubang mati. Played by male adults and boys from 9 years old onwards the game involves 2 or more players. Hands up if you had that iconic colourful plastic set. Let recall what the kampong traditional games played by malaysian gen x kids like me.

Traditional sports are popular in malaysia while it has become a powerhouse in international sports such as badminton. The most popular traditional games played by children are congkak wau gasing batu seremban and many more. Traditional malaysian games february 22 2016 1 comment back in the days before the internet ipads playstation and other forms of electronic entertainment both children and adults had to find means of entertainment. It is played in flat open areas.

Traditional games were not just mere games they were designed in such a way that one can develop lot of skills like logical thinking building strategy concentration basic mathematics aiming and lots more. Recollect some traditional games played by the older generations born in 70s and earlier and hope our new generations can appreciate how their poor parents and grandparents spent their joyful childhood days with these games. Now anyone can play it. Galah panjang is a game about speed and efficiency of the players to run pass through the defending team.

This is a traditional game that tests the skillsof the player in spinning the top gasing so that it can spin for a long time without stopping. Malaysia hosted the commonwealth games in 1998 the first commonwealth games where the torch passed through more countries than england and the host. Ketingting game also known as a game buat rumah batu tinting and ciak tingting is one of the malay cultural heritage which is still popular nowadays. Traditional games in malaysia ketingting.

The games was believed to be found and practiced in popular area of malaya malaysia philippines and all part of malaya and indonesia and also the surrounding islands palau pulau micronesian far east pacific islands.