10 Most Unique Sports You Won't Believe Exist

3. Sepak Bola Api

Football is one of the purest sports on Earth, in that you could watch about five minutes of it without reference or commentary and understand the rudimentary 'plot' of the game. Sepak Bola Api is exactly the same but with two key differences being the subtraction of shoes and the addition of fire.

As a welcome to the month of Ramadan Indonesian youths, because no sane adult dreamed this up, soak an old dry coconut in kerosene and proceed to have a kick-about. They do this with no shoes on because they're well hard innit.

Though the game doesn't have professional clubs you can't take away the skill and fortitude needed to play the beautiful game with a beautiful coconut of fire. The other bizarre thing to take away from Sepak Bola Api is how blasé the spectators are at what's in front of them, as if to say "yup, this is normal." The next time you see a millionaire football player dive on the lightest of challenges, remember these kids with no shoes.

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