Traditional games remind kids today what they are missing


Happy days are here again: Families playing a traditional game of ‘tarik upih’ (palm sled) at the Muzium Negara’s Nostalgia Anak Kampung programme.

KUALA LUMPUR: As Choy Kean Mun guides his three children on how to hold a senapang kayu (wood shotgun) steady and shoot wooden pellets at the target, he is hit by a pang of nostalgia.

Growing up as a child in Petaling Jaya, the 42-year-old sales adviser recalled the spirit of adventure with his friends when they played traditional games like senapang kayu and sepak raga (foot volleyball).

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