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Practising sepak takraw, Canterbury University, 2004

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Practising sepak takraw, Canterbury University, 2004

Sepak takraw is similar to volleyball, except that players cannot use their arms or hands. The ball (which is about half the size of a volleyball) can be kept off the ground with any other part of the body. Many Malaysian students in New Zealand play the game.

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Canterbury Malaysian Students' Association (CMSA)

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Carl Walrond, Malaysians and Singaporeans – Malaysian culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/931/practising-sepak-takraw-canterbury-university-2004 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.