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Boli Khela

Boli Khela: photograph by Mohammed Abdullah from Chittagong, Bangladesh
Photo: Mohammed Abdullah from Chittagong, Bangladesh, CC BY 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Traditional wrestling especially of Chittagong.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Bangladesh.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of River Valleys and First Cities (about 3000 to 1000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of South Asia.

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