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Other most popular sports are bicycling, swimming, climbing, camping, bowling, hiking and fishing. Scuba diving is another recreation, particularly around the southeastern region of Sabah (on the island of Borneo). [4] Paragliding was recently introduced sport in Malaysia.
Sepak raga (Minangkabau: sipak rago) is a traditional Indonesian and Malaysian sport, developed in the Nusantara Archipelago. This game is related to the modern sepak takraw . Similar games include footbag net , footvolley , bossaball and jianzi .
In the Philippines, the sport is related to a native game called "sipà" (or "sipà salama" among Muslim Filipinos), and along with traditional martial arts, survived Spanish colonization. [23] It is a popular sport played by children in Philippines, and was the Philippine national sport until it was replaced by Arnis in 2009. Sepak Takraw is ...
Malaysia sport-related lists (3 C, 7 P) Malaysia at multi-sport events (12 C, 5 P) + Men's sport in Malaysia (2 C, 2 P) Women's sport in Malaysia (9 C, 2 P)
Popular sports in Malaysia include badminton, bowling, football, squash, and field hockey. [57] Malaysia has small-scale traditional sports. Wau is a traditional form of kite-flying involving kites created with intricate designs.
Water sports in Malaysia (4 C) Weightlifting in Malaysia (1 C, 4 P) Winter sports in Malaysia (1 C)
Sepak takraw, a traditional Southeast Asian sport, being played at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Korea.. During the colonial era, resistance to and influence from Western sports resulted in the standardization and introduction of organized competition for several traditional South Asian games such as kabaddi.
School children playing galah panjang. Galah panjang is a traditional Malaysian tag game which is played on a long, narrow field. The attacking team's goal is to cross the field and then return to the starting line to win, while the defending team's players attempt to tag the attackers to eliminate them.