Gasing pangkah is a

competitive Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indi ...

Malay game of

spinning top A spinning top, or simply a top, is a toy with a squat body and a sharp point at the bottom, designed to be rotation, spun on its vertical Axis of rotation, axis, balancing on the tip due to the gyroscopic effect. Once set in motion, a top will ...

s in which two or more players compete to strike each other's top out of a circle or to make it fall over and stop spinning. Considered part of the Malay state heritage, official tournaments are held, with a declared goal of exposing the younger generation to the game. The game is also popular in neighboring

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

, and in 2013, a gasing pangkah tournament was held as part of the celebrations of the 67th birthday of the

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.'Gasing Pangkah' Top Spinning Contest
on the Radio Television Brunei news center web site

External links

* Video from
Gasing Pangkah Tournament, Brunei

References

Tabletop games Spinning tops {{Game-stub

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