کشتی پهلوانی
Koshti pahlavani
Reading: koshti-ye pahlavâni
Heroic wrestling
PersianWrestlingZurkhaneh
Meaning
Traditional Iranian wrestling linked to the zurkhaneh, the root of Iran's great freestyle wrestling tradition.
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