A highly athletic, traditional test of strength played among older children in rural coastal areas.
A highly athletic, traditional test of strength played among older children in rural coastal areas. Two competitors race to see who can scale a straight, marked coconut palm tree to a safe height using traditional foot-binding techniques (wrapping a cloth loop around the feet to grip the trunk).
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