Editing Sepak takraw (section)

===Predecessors===
[[File:Fashion and Style of a Ballgame of Those from Banda de Bry.jpg|thumb|A ballgame called "Keeping the ball aloft", [[Banda Islands|Banda]], 1601. The ball is made of twisted branches.]]
Sepak Takraw may have been introduced to [[Southeast Asia]] by the [[Chinese people|Chinese]], who were inspired by the traditional game ''[[Cuju]]'', an ancient military exercise where soldiers play to keep a leather ball filled with feathers airborne by kicking it back and forth between two or more people.<ref name="Tirto Sepak Takraw">{{Cite news|url=https://tirto.id/sepak-takraw-yang-diperebutkan-indonesia-malaysia-dan-thailand-cVLn|title=Sepak Takraw yang Diperebutkan Indonesia, Malaysia, dan Thailand|last=Aditya Widya Putri|date=2018-09-01|website=Tirto.com|language=id|access-date=2021-01-26|archive-date=13 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713050021/https://tirto.id/sepak-takraw-yang-diperebutkan-indonesia-malaysia-dan-thailand-cVLn|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://m.antaranews.com/berita/47933/sepaktakraw-berasal-dari-negara-mana |title= Sepaktakraw Berasal Dari Negara Mana?|last=|date=2006-12-05|website=Antara.com|language=id|access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref> As the game evolved, the feather-stuffed ball was replaced by an air-filled ball with a two-layered hull. ''Cuju'' is also considered by the [[FIFA|International Football Association (FIFA)]] as the origin of football as a sport.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuju -- Ancient Chinese Football|publisher=Chinese Culture| url=http://en.chinaculture.org/08olympics/2008-07/07/content_135446.htm| access-date= 10 July 2021}}</ref>

In [[Myanmar]], Sepak Takraw is known as "[[chinlone]]". Chinlone has played a prominent role in Myanmar for about 1,500 years. Its style is performance-based because it was first created as a demonstrative activity to entertain Burmese royalty. Chinlone is heavily influenced by traditional Burmese [[martial arts]] and dance.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A History of Myanmar since ancient times, Traditions and transformations|last=Aung-Thwin|first=Michael & Maitrii|publisher=Reaktion Books|year=2012|location=London}}</ref>

In [[Malaysia]], the first recorded instance of Sepak Takraw, with balls made of woven strips of rattan, was in the [[Malacca Sultanate]] (present-day Malaysia) in the 15th century, according to an ancient Malay manuscript, "[[Sejarah Melayu]]" (Malay Annals).<ref>{{cite book | last = Dunsmore | first = Susi | title = Sepak Raga | publisher = [[University of Michigan]] | year = 1983 | page = 2}}</ref><ref name = "Victoria"/><ref name="Canada"/> The [[Malay Annals]] described an incident involving [[Muhammad Shah of Pahang|Raja Muhammad]], a son of [[Mansur Shah|Sultan Mansur Shah]], who was accidentally hit with a rattan ball by Tun Besar, the son of [[Tun Perak|Bendahara Tun Perak]], in a Sepak Raga game. The ball hit Raja Muhammad's headgear and knocked it to the ground. Angered, Raja Muhammad immediately stabbed and killed Tun Besar, leading to some of Tun Besar's kinsmen wanting to kill Raja Muhammad in retaliation. However, Bendahara Tun Perak managed to restrain them from an act of treason by saying that he would no longer accept Raja Muhammad as the Sultan's heir. Sultan Mansur Shah ordered his son out of Malacca and had him installed as the ruler of neighbouring [[Pahang Sultanate|Pahang]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Brown | first = Charles Cuthbert | author-link = David Mumford | title = Sejarah Melayu; or, Malay annals: an annotated translation [from the Malay] | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | year = 1970 | page = 89}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| title=Sejarah dan Tehnik Dasar Permainan Sepak Takraw|page=7|author= Nur Ahmad Muharram|isbn=9786026333193|year= 2016|
url=http://repository.unpkediri.ac.id/2533/1/Buku%20Sepak%20takraw.pdf|publisher=Penulis Muda|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729165625/http://repository.unpkediri.ac.id/2533/1/Buku%20Sepak%20takraw.pdf|archive-date=29 July 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tirto Sepak Takraw"/><ref name = "Heriansyah3">{{Cite book| title=PERMAINAN SEPAK TAKRAW SEJARAH, TEKNIK DASAR, PERATURAN PERTANDINGAN DAN PERWASITAN|page=3| author=Heriansyah| isbn= 9786236955741 |year= 2021|publisher=Jakad Media Publishing}}</ref>

[[File:Sepak Takraw game.webm|thumb|Video recording of a Sepak Takraw match]]
In [[Thailand]], there is evidence that the Thai played Sepak Takraw during the reign of King [[Naresuan]] (1590–1605) of [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]].<ref name="world">{{cite web|title=The History of Takraw in Thailand|publisher=Sepaktakrawworld.com|url=http://www.sepaktakrawworld.com/index.php/-tournament-/13-vigo-cup|access-date=17 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127171636/http://www.sepaktakrawworld.com/index.php/-tournament-/13-vigo-cup|archive-date=27 January 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> A French historian, [[François Henri Turpin]], wrote about how the Siamese played the game of Takraw to stay in shape.<ref name="world"/> Murals at [[Bangkok]]'s [[Wat Phra Kaeo]], built in 1785, depict the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] god [[Hanuman]] playing Sepak Takraw in a ring with a troop of [[monkey]]s. The game was played in a circle for hundreds of years, until modern Sepak Takraw began taking shape in Thailand sometime during the early 1740s. In 1929, the Siam Sports Association drafted the first rules for Takraw competition.<ref name="world"/> Four years later, the association introduced the volleyball-style net and held the first public contest. Within just a few years, Takraw was introduced to the curriculum in Siamese schools. The game became such a cherished local custom that another exhibition of volleyball-style Takraw was held to celebrate the kingdom's first constitution in 1933, the year after Thailand abolished [[absolute monarchy]].

In [[Indonesia]], Sepak Takraw is also known as [[Sepak Raga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://melayuonline.com/ind/culture/dig/1302 |title=Permainan Sepak Raga |publisher=Melayuonline.com |access-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325191325/http://melayuonline.com/ind/culture/dig/1302 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://id.voi.co.id/fitur/voi-pesona-indonesia/4125-sepak-raga-permainan-tradisional-masyarakat-di-propinsi-kepulauan-riau.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107190942/http://id.voi.co.id/fitur/voi-pesona-indonesia/4125-sepak-raga-permainan-tradisional-masyarakat-di-propinsi-kepulauan-riau.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2010 |title=Sepak Raga, Permainan Tradisional Masyarakat Di Propinsi Kepulauan Riau |publisher=Id.voi.co.id |access-date=25 March 2014 }}</ref> In [[Sulawesi]], the traditional [[Bugis people|Bugis]] football game is called "Raga" (the player is called "Pa'Raga").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://melayuonline.com/ind/culture/dig/1224/permainan-marraga-akraga|title=Permainan Marraga/Akraga (Bugis)|publisher=Melayuonline|access-date=4 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412070015/http://melayuonline.com/ind/culture/dig/1224/permainan-marraga-akraga|archive-date=12 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Men play the "Raga" circle in a group, where the ball is passed from one to the other, and the man who kicks the highest ball is the winner. "Raga" is also played for fun by demonstrating several tricks, such as kicking the ball and placing it on the player's head with the handle of the ''tengkolok bugis'' (Bugis headgear similar to a Malay ''tanjak'').

[[File:Mindanao Bangsamoro Islamic Game Set.jpg|thumb|A traditional ''sipà'' (rattan wicker ball) from the [[Maranao people]] of the [[Philippines]], along with ''kakasing'' [[Spinning top|top]]s and a ''[[sungka]]'' board]]

In the [[Philippines]], the sport is related to a native game called "''[[sipà]]''" (or "''sipà salama''" among [[Muslim Filipinos]]), and along with traditional [[Filipino martial arts|martial arts]], survived Spanish colonization.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gowing |first1=P.G. |title=Heritage of Philippine Muslims |url=http://www.muslimmindanao.ph/muslim_arts.html |website=Muslim Filipinos -- Heritage and Horizon |access-date=5 June 2019 |archive-date=11 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911031214/http://www.muslimmindanao.ph/muslim_arts.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is a popular sport played by children in Philippines, and was the Philippine national sport until it was replaced by [[Arnis]] in 2009. Sepak Takraw is included in Philippine's elementary and high school curriculum.