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While FIFA have tried to make football more interesting by giving us golden goal extra time or by hosting a World Cup in a scorching-hot barren desert, Indonesians have found their own way to spice up the beautiful game: flaming coconuts.

Popular in many Islamic boarding schools across East Java, five players start each match by praying that they will not be burned, and then proceed to kick an on-fire coconut with bare feet.