Kabbadi player stares out his opponent at a match between Birmingham and Manchester.
The BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela celebration features a major Kabbadi match between Birmingham and Manchester The event was attended by thousands of spectators Kabbadi a team sport originally from the Indian subcontinent It is popular throughout South Asia and has also spread to Southeast Asia Japan and Iran It is the national game of Bangladesh and the state game of Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Punjab and Maharashtra in India It is played by the British Army for fun to keep fit and as an enticement to recruit soldiers from the British Asian community The name sometimes chanted during a game derives from a Hindi word meaning holding of breath which in some versions is a part of the game
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Location: Canon Hill Park, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Pete Marshall - Sport / Alamy / Afripics
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