Asian Health Heritage is proud to present PAHELWANI, a travelling exhibition and documentary that explores the fascinating story of Punjab’s wrestling tradition.

 

The project provides rare insights into:

 

• the history, traditions and artistry of the ancient sport;

• the lives of Punjab’s famous ‘pahelwans’, or champion wrestlers, who strove to master the physical, moral and spiritual dimensions of their art; and

• the factors behind the decline of Pahelwani from its zenith at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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