This morning I found a Sepak Takraw ball buried in the sand on the beach.
Sepak takraw (from the Malay-Indonesian sepak, meaning “to kick”, and the Thai takraw, meaning “ball”) is a team sport similar to volleyball, played mainly in South-East Asian countries where it is very popular, notably Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.
It is played on a court similar to a volleyball court, with a lower net and a ball traditionally woven from rattan, but now more often made from plastic.
According to Wikipedia, Sepak Takaw is considered a national sport in Thailand, on a par with muay Thai boxing.
But according to my friend Run, this sport is not practised much any more and, above all, it doesn’t interest the younger generation. In any case, I haven’t seen anyone playing it, and no adverts for matches, whereas you see Muay Thai fight adverts all the time!
