Are they hugging or preparing to wrestle and fight each other?

Indian style wrestling or Kushti at an Akhara or wrestling arena in Delhi. In the heat, water is sprayed on the ground, to cool the area down. In an age-old sporting practice, the Delhi Metro passes by in the background to remind one of changing times...

Kushti is India's traditional wrestling on soil. This ancient sport used to hold great importance in Indian societies of the past, its popularity over the recent years however, has dwindled tremendously.

At present Kusti is only practiced in a handful of pockets around India. Even in these places the future of the sport is uncertain. The government constantly pressures traditional Kusti schools to abandon ways of the past, embrace international wrestling standards and win medals...

Source: mitchellk.photoshelter.com

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