gasing pangkah

{{Short description|Competitive Malay game of spinning tops}}

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Gasing pangkah is a competitive Malay game of spinning tops 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.{{Cite web|url=https://malaysiansinnewzealand.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/spinning-the-gasing/|title = Spinning the Gasing|date = 20 March 2012}}

Considered part of the Malay state heritage, official tournaments are held, with a declared goal of exposing the younger generation to the game.[http://www.padat.gov.my/v2/index.php/my/arkib-berita-pengumuman/377-kejohanan-gasing-pangkah-tradisional-terbuka-selangor Selangor Open Gasing Pangkah Tournament announcement] on the Malay Customs & Heritage Corporation in Selangor web site

The game is also popular in neighboring Brunei, and in 2013, a gasing pangkah tournament was held as part of the celebrations of the 67th birthday of the Sultan of Brunei.[http://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14825%3Agasing-pangkah-top-spinning-contest&Itemid=106 'Gasing Pangkah' Top Spinning Contest] on the Radio Television Brunei news center web site