Khwai Chon Kan Tan (Palm-Stalk Butting Buffalo) — a Dry Toddy-Palm Leaf Stalk Whose Flared End Looks Like Buffalo Horns, or a Coconut Frond Base, with the Sharp Edges Pared Off; Straddled and Butted Together, or Raced

"Pare both edges of the palm stalk off with a knife, because the sharp edges could cut the players' legs." (Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, author not named, CC BY 4.0)

Choose a completely dry toddy-palm leaf stalk whose end flares out like buffalo horns. Cut off the leaf end, leaving the buffalo a good length, and pare both edges of the stalk off with a knife.

Chop all the leaflets off a coconut frond with a knife and cut off the tip end at the middle. The base of the frond, where it joined the trunk, curves like buffalo horns; this end is used to butt.

Straddle the buffalo and grip firmly where its head is imagined to be.

Drawings of playing khwai chon (Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, author not named, CC BY 4.0)

Two players straddle their buffaloes, face each other and butt them together; whoever backs away loses. With many players, losers drop out until the last one wins. Or play khwai khaeng (buffalo racing): line up at the start and run the buffaloes to the finish; first there wins.

Khwai chon is played at any age, mostly by boys. Take care with the knife when paring and chopping. Source: Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Traditional Objects of Everyday Use database, "ควายชนก้านตาล", author not named (CC BY 4.0 licence). **Limits** The source gives no stalk length. The illustrations are drawings. There is no product line for palm stalks or coconut fronds.