In Indonesia Football Is Played with a Ball of Fire


Sepak Bola Api, or The Fireball Game, is a unique game Indonesians play to welcome the month of Ramadan. It’s a lot like football only they have to kick a flaming fireball.

It seems regular football is pretty boring. At least that’s the feeling I get after discovering similar games like Footdoubleball, Cycle Ball or Burton-on-the-Water. The latest addition to the list of games that makes football look easy is an Indonesian tradition that had people kick a flaming football in celebration of Ramadan. It’s called Sepak Bola Api and is usually celebrated in the Yogyakarta, Bogor, Tasikmalaya, and Papua regions of the Southeastern Asia archipelago. Just like in the regular game of football, two teams of 11 eleven players kick a ball and try to shoot it in the opposing goal. But that’s easier said than done when playing barefoot and kicking a flaming ball.



As you can imagine, a normal football wouldn’t last very long set on fire, so Sepak Bola Api is played with a special ball made from coconut shells. The best coconuts are old and dry and the trick is to remove around 0.5 cm from the outer skin of the shell, rounding it up using a knife. The liquid inside the fruit has to be removed and the shell punctured with the tip of the knife, before soaking the ball in petroleum or kerosene. According to some sources the ball has to be soaked for seven days, while others claim just 30 minutes are enough to keep it burning throughout an entire game.




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