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Festival of the Tops

THE people of Malaysia have always been fascinated by tops and not long ago they decided to celebrate with the Festival of the Tops.

THE people of Malaysia have always been fascinated by tops and not long ago they decided to celebrate with the Festival of the Tops.

In one contest a fighter top has to knock over all the others. The winner is one with the best fighting top. Another contest is to see who can keep his top spinning the longest.

The current record is one hour and 47 minutes. At the same festival, there is a contest to see who can get his kite to fly directly over his head. - bigsiteofamazingfacts.com

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