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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 .
The event is the earliest example of modern sport rules being used for Sepak Raga, turning it into a competitive sport. Badminton was a preferred sport for the British, whereas Sepak Raga was mainly played by the Malays. Since the diversion sport was first played amid the Jubilee festivity, it was known as "Sepak Raga Jubilee" (Jubilee Sepak Raga).
In Indonesia, Sepak Takraw is also known as Sepak Raga in the local language in Indonesia. In Sulawesi, the traditional Bugis football game is called "Raga" (the player is called "Pa'Raga"). Some of the men playing the "Raga" circle in a group, the ball is passed from one to the other and the man who kicks the highest ball is the winner.
This list is not intended to be exhaustive. It is important to note that most of the codified sports below are also frequently complemented by casual manifestations – typically impromptu, improvised, and loose interpretations of their, or their parent sports, rules and arrangements; self-declared versions of that sport for said session of play by its participants.
The increase of sepaktakraw popularity in Penang during the 1940s caused the formation of the ‘Penang Raga Football Sponsor Committee’ on 25 March 1956 at UMNO Hall. . Later on 28 January 1960, the committee invited many state representatives to the conference at Building No. 160 on Perak road, Penang, to form a National Sepak Takraw Association, [1] with Mohd Khir Johari served as the ...
The Sepak Takraw Association of Indonesia (Indonesian: Persatuan Sepak takraw Indonesia; abbreviated PSTI), is the national governing body for sepaktakraw in Indonesia, officially found in 1971 with four founding regional affiliations, [2] [3] and had been becoming a member of the National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI) since 1979. [2]
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Persis Solo was established on 8 November 1923, Sastrosaksono from the M.A.R.S club and Raden Ngabehi Reksohadiprojo and Sutarman from the Romeo club initiated the formation of the Vorstenlandsche Voetbal Bond (VVB) as the forerunner of a football club that is the pride of the people of Solo.