16th century. From there the Malay people spread across archipelago and introduced the game in Sulawesi. There the game developed further and became Buginese traditional game which is called "Raga”. Some men playing "Raga" encircling within a group, the ball is passed from one to another and the man who kicked the ball highest is the winner. The modern version of sepak takraw began taking shape in Thailand during the early 1740s. In 1829 the Siam Sports Association drafted the first rules for takraw competition.] Four years later, the association introduced the volleyball-style net and held the first public contest. Competitions International play is now governed by the International Sepak Takraw Federation. Major competitions for the sport such as the SuperSeries, the World Cup and the King's Cup World Championships are held every year.
The Augustan cult of Shakespeare Exploration in nation’s cultural past seeking further common cultural ground. It was to be found in William Shakespeare. His plays had never ceased to be played, and were establishing a nascent canon of national dramatic classics. Supreme artistic hero, aslo a chameleon – plays cheerfully altered and rewritten as dramatic taste and political scene changed (to coincide views of who was in power). Could be conformed to every shift in taste and fashion. In 1740s and 50s rewritten to be monuments to patriotism, celebrating both trade and national glory. He became icon of middle class merchantism. The virtues he was seen to extol (ülistas) were those considered the essence of any true-born Englishman. Campaign to commemorate him in Westminster Abbey. 28. The Augustan attempts of canon formation Putting together literary heritage. The Temple of British Worthies: Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, Chaucer, Spenser
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