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. [1]
Considered part of the Malay state heritage, official tournaments are held, with a declared goal of exposing the younger generation to the game. [2]
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. [3]
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