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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Pakistan's pehlwans wrestle to survive - BBC
"They stand tall - brown, brave, greased up, and ready to fight. But perhaps the battle has already been lost for Lahore's pehlwans, or wrestlers. Twenty years ago at the famed Bamma Pehlwan's akhara (the pit where pehlwans practice), there used to be several hundred men training in the sport at any one time. But now their numbers have dwindled to barely 20 as no more than a few loyalists struggle to keep the sport alive. 'Pehlwani is fast heading towards extinction,' says the presiding Pakistan champion, Bashir Bhola pehlwan. 'The ones left are becoming disillusioned with the sport.' "
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