Culture / A glimpse of chivalry

Boli Khela is a traditional form of wrestling in Bangladesh, particularly popular in the Chittagong area on The Bangla New Year celebration festival. A modernized form of the game gained popularity in the early 19th century under the sponsorship of Abdul Jabbar Saodagar, who saw it as a way of countering British rule. Here the last moves of the Champion Dider boli before winning the Champion trophy.