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Written by Richard Barrow   
Saturday, 22 April 2006
relay race relay race

This traditional Thai game is popular with Thai youth. It is basically a relay race where two teams start at opposite ends of a course. They then have to race to a pole and back again before handing over the "flag" to their next team member. The winning team is the one that can catch up with their opponents.


I shot this video at Ancient City in Samut Prakan. This was a special event organized for Songkran. This game can go on for 10 minutes or more!

You can read more about this festival over at our sister site thai-blogs.com.

A better quality version of this video can also be downloaded free of charge from the download section.