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Three young players demonstrating the famous martial arts Thang ta at Sangai festival. Thang-ta is a weapon-based Indian martial art created by the Meitei of Manipur.

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Thang-Ta : The highly skilled martial art tradition is a direct legacy of Manipur's prolonged battles with neighbouring kingdoms. Thang-ta is a weapon-based Indian martial art created by the Meitei of Manipur.

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Thang-ta is a weapon-based Indian martial art created by the Meitei of Manipur. In the Manipuri language, thang means sword and ta means spear, referring to the art's primary weapons.

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Astad Deboo is an Indian contemporary and choreographer, who employs his training in Indian classical dance forms of Kathak as well as Kathakali to create a dance form that is unique to him, and become a pioneer of modern dance in India.

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Thang-ta is a weapon-based Indian martial art created by the Meitei of Manipur. In the Manipuri language, thang means sword and ta means spear, referring to the art's primary weapons.

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Performance of the Martial arts at the opening day of the 7th Polo Tournament Manipur. Thang-ta is a weapon-based Indian martial art created by the Meitei of Manipur.

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Thang-ta is a weapon-based Indian martial art created by the Meitei of Manipur. In the Manipuri language, thang means sword and ta means spear, referring to the art's primary weapons.

Manipur·dance

Participants of the thang-ta demonstrating the martial arts at the Imphal Polo Ground during the Sangai Fest. Thang-ta is a weapon-based Indian martial art created by the Meitei of Manipur.

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Kalaripayattu the martial art form of Kerala is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world. Training in combat is given at the Kalari (training school). Kalaripayattu is an Indian martial art.

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A man shows his Kalaripayattu skills in a training school in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the martial art form of Kerala and is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world.

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A man shows his Kalaripayattu skills in the training school in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the martial art form of Kerala is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world.

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A man shows his Kalaripayattu skills in the training school in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the martial art form of Kerala and is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world.

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Kalaripayattu, the traditional martial art form of Kerala. Students take blessings before they start their training session.

dance · sport

Mallakhamb or mallakhamba is a traditional Indian sport in which a gymnast performs feats and poses in concert with a vertical wooden pole or rope. The word also refers to the pole used in the sport.

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A man shows his Kalaripayattu skills in the training school in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the martial art form of Kerala is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world.

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A man shows his Kalaripayattu skills in the training school in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the martial art form of Kerala is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world.

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Kalaripayattu students take blessings from their Guru before they start their training session. Kalaripayattu the martial art form of Kerala is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world.

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One can see weapons used during Kalaripayattu which is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world. Training in combat is given at the Kalari (training school). Kalaripayattu is an Indian martial art.

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Training session of Kalaripayattu in a training school in the state of Kerala. Kalaripayattu the martial art form of Kerala is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world.

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One can see a man flaming oil-lamps prior the training of Kalaripayattu in the training school of Kerala, India. It is the martial art form of Kerala is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world.

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Training session of Kalaripayattu in a training school in the state of Kerala. Kalaripayattu the martial art form of Kerala is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world.

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Kalaripayattu the martial art form of Kerala is regarded as the oldest and most scientific of its kind in the world. Training in combat is given at the Kalari (training school). Kalaripayattu is an Indian martial art.

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Kalaripayattu practitioners make themselves ready for a demonstration. Kalaripayattu is an Indian martial art.