This weekend we had the chance to check out some sepak takraw .This game is a microcosm of what its like to live on a different continent. Its impossible to explain. You see its like volleyball played on a badminton court without your hands like soccer with a woven ball about the size of a softball. That is what its like. A bit of this and a bit of that to try and give the big picture.
The tournament here had teams from all over SE Asia: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, China and somehow a team from Canada! (This particular place is normally low on white folks. Meaning one time I saw a white guy there in KFC other than that the only white folks I see around there are mine. Today I actually saw TWO at once. Spooky!)
So at any rate, we watched some sports and watched the people watch sports. They were into it. It was really something to experience.
This is a crowd shot. The kind of folks that are normally staring at us wondering from whence the whiteys came.
Every crowd has this going on, right? From fireworks to parades to takraw.
The skycam view. The games are going on inside a shopping center. The center court is open all the way up and so people gather at the rails to watch. This was from Saturday night at the quarter finals. For the finals on Sunday there was no way to get near the rail. The crowd Sunday afternoon was quadruple the Saturday night crowd.
Caleb and Bethany with the defending (and eventual 2008) champions from Thailand. That guy with the head band could kick the ball down your throat from 50 yards. He was a scary dude.
2 comments:
OH Canada....did they play the national anthems when they passed out the medals? Sounds like fun.
LLL Re
I seen this on tv. It is amazing. I would love to see this live.
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