Kercang

Kercang, also known as chek reij nuej and buah latep, is a disentanglement puzzle game from the indigenous communities of the Malay Peninsula, made from rattan and string. The object of the game is to free the strings from a set of intertwined rattan wood that has been bent and twisted into many different shapes and forms, with the arrangement's complexity setting the puzzle's difficulty. Kercang originated with the Jakun tribe near present-day Johor and has since spread to other indigenous communities across the region; the word kercang literally means 'game' in the Jakun language.