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Encyclopedia ID 1067

Encang kuda

Also known as Encang kuda (Keleret)

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Stone-throwing game with jockey and horse roles.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Singapore.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Southeast Asia and the Islands.

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