The rest of the time is divided between other traditional wrestling styles, visits, and discussion sessions.

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The sources say Kpatcha challenged the now president to a traditional wrestling bout but slipped at a crucial point and Faure won.

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Meanwhile, at home, the new wrestling class at William Howard School, Brampton, got off to a good start with some promising performances from the teenagers who came to sample our local traditional wrestling.

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The rites that accompany the festivity vary from place to place, ranging from leaping over fires and streams in Iran to tightrope walking, leaving lit candles at house doors, traditional games such as horse racing or the traditional wrestling practised in Kyrgyzstan.

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Invented in a pub in the 1970s, toe wrestling plays out very much like a traditional arm-wrestling match.

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Naadam is a national festival celebrated every year from 11 to 13 July across Mongolia that focuses on three traditional games: horseracing, wrestling and archery.

UNESCO: Culture

Some of those training at Bordeaux's school and pumping iron on the beach may one day make it onto the professional wrestling circuit, earning the right to wear the wrestler's traditional pre-fight regalia.

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The second day I was a bit wobbly but went with my hosts deep into the rugged steppe for a traditional barbecue capped by races to the top of mountains and a clifftop midnight wrestling match.

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