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Galah panjang

Galah panjang: photograph by Wiki Farazi
Photo: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Line-crossing tag game; attackers try to cross all lines and return.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Malaysia, Singapore.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Deep Past and First Games (before about 3000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Southeast Asia and the Islands.

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