After a 10 hour shift in the hot sun, as a construction laborer, what could be more relaxing than a friendly game of Tukraw (two-graw) with mates on the hot carpark pavement while waiting for the sun to go down.
This distinctly SE Asian sport is the most popular street game in Bangkok, and it is spectacular to watch...basically, its volleyball, except that you cannot touch the ball with hands or arms which leads to extraordinary gymnastic and martial arts movements.
Here is a three-a-side game in progress:
This distinctly SE Asian sport is the most popular street game in Bangkok, and it is spectacular to watch...basically, its volleyball, except that you cannot touch the ball with hands or arms which leads to extraordinary gymnastic and martial arts movements.
Here is a three-a-side game in progress:
...two-graw
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