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Name: Ariful Islam

Country of residence: Bangladesh

Country where picture is taken: Bangladesh

Title of the Picture: Stick game (Lathi khela)

Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

Filter: None

ISO 800

Aperture 5

Shutter Speed: 1/2500sec

Comment: Lathi khela is a traditional Bengali martial art a kind of stick fighting practiced Bangladesh.
The lathi is normally made of the male bamboo and sometimes bound at short intervals with iron rings. A typical lathi measures 6 to 8 feet (2 to 2.4 m). Lathial group performed acts like Baoi Jhak (group fight), Nori Bari (mock fight with sticks), Fala Khela and Dao Khela (mock fight with sharp weapons) and Chhuri dance to music, in the presence of hundreds. These groups may learn the arts of dao khela (knife fighting) and fara khela (sword fighting), both of which are preserved today in the form of mock-fights. Matches are generally one-on-one, but the art includes mock-group fights or baoi jhak. In lathi the centre of energy is the heart chakra, and practitioners fight in a more upright position.