Traditional Malaysian games showcase community spirit and mental abilities. Congkak tests calculation skills through filling holes on a board with seeds. Sepak takraw combines Malay and Thai words meaning "kick" and "hand-woven ball", involving kicking a plastic ball without it touching the ground. Top spinning requires spinning tops on the ground for as long as possible. Wau kite flying can reach heights of over 450 meters and was used by farmers to scare birds from crops. Batu Seremban and Guli marbles are simple games played with stones or marbles that develop sharp reflexes.

1. TRADITIONAL
GAMES

2. Traditional games shows the spirit of
mutual help in the community. Some,
like the congkak tested intelligence and
mental abilities.

3. CONGKAK
The word ‘congkak’ is believed to originate from old Malay ‘congak’,
meaning mental calculation which is mainly practiced in this game.
More popular among Malay children and women, congkak is an indoor
game played by two players by taking turns to fill in the holes on the
congkak board with congkak seeds (made usually from rubber seeds or
small marbles).
Each player is entitled to eight holes with the left-most one being his/her
“home”. The player with the most number of seeds in his “home” wins the
game.
Congkak is a game which played by womenfolk in ancient times that
required no more than holes in the earth and tamarind seeds. Today, it has
been refined to a board game. It consists of a wooden board with two rows
of five, seven or nine holes and two large holes at both ends called “home”.

4. PAST
PRESENT

5. SEPAK TAKRAW
Sepak Takraw is a word that comes from two different languages.
Sepak means “kick” in Malay language whereas Takraw means
“hand-woven ball” in Thai language. This is a game that consists of
six players and the ball is made of plastic. Many countries have
begun to play this type of game like Japan, China, Thailand and
other interested countries.
The players have to maintain the ball from touching the ground by
using their legs and head only. In the middle of the Takraw court,
there is a net that separates competitors into two separate sides.
The winning score for this game is 15 points.

7. SEPAK RAGA
Sepak raga is a ball game similar to sepak takraw. It is played by
several players standing in a circle, kicking the ball in the air to
one another, preventing it from touching the ground. The end of a
round comes about when the ball drops and touches the ground.
This game gives a sense of team spirit among players.

9. GASING (TOP-SPINNING)
In Malaysia, top spinning is widely practiced in Malay culture.
Tops are very popular and are one of the necessary games that
Malay will perform whenever there is a cultural performance. A
top is as big as a bowling ball and sometimes it can weigh up to
ten pounds. It is made of wood and tin.
Top spinning requires players to have
skilful spinning style, and patience in
order to wind a string around the bottom
of the top. When every competitor is
ready, players will begin to use their
special skills to make their tops spin on
the ground. The player with the longest
top spin time will be the winner.

10. PAST
PRESENT

11. WAU
Wau means “kite”. It came from a Malay word. Wau has a long
history; its existence goes back to hundreds of years, when
farmers used kites to keep birds from eating their corps in the
fields and some even used kites (the hum of the kite as it is blown
by the wind) as a way to make their children sleep.
Wau is made of bamboo. For quality
purposes, the bamboo is split and
dried under the sun for two weeks
to make it more flexible. A wau can
reach a height of more than
450 meters in the sky.

12. It is a very popular game that is still practiced in Malaysia; the two
most popular states are Kelantan and Terengganu. It is played
especially during harvest festival. There is no specific rules and
every kite-player is free to play as they wish. The most popular
waus are Wau Bulan (Crescent Kite), Wau Kuching and Wau
Sobek.

13. BATU SEREMBAN (FIVE STONES)
Selambut or also known as Batu Seremban or Serembat is a
traditional game played in Malaysia. Selambut is a reference to
the north and east coast of Peninsular, while on the west coast of
Peninsular is called Seremban game. It is usually played by girls
individually or in groups of two to five people.
Selambut games only need a few pieces of rubber seeds, pebbles
or small stones. In addition, tiny cloth bags stuffed with beans,
sand or rice are also used.
The game is often played at leisure, on the porch of the house, in
the house, in the park or anywhere else that there is a clean, flat
surface. The players sit on the floor, and play in turns. Sharp
reflexes are need to play this game.

15. GULI (MARBLES)
This game is also known as Kelereng. One game involves drawing
a circle in sand, and players will take turns knocking other players'
marbles out of the circle with their own marble. This game is
called ringer but is also known by other names. Other versions
involve shooting marbles at target marbles or into holes in the
ground.
The main goal is to end up with the most marbles at the end of
the game. Each player brings his personal set of marbles to use
and potentially lose. This is considered playing "for keeps" or
“keepsies.”
A circle is drawn measuring 10 feet in diameter (according to
tournament rules) and a starting or "lag" line. The lag line is drawn
just outside of the circle or "ring."