A heavyweight pehelwan dozes in the soil in the mud wrestling ring just before lunch. These pits are sometimes called "milked sand wrestling pits", 20' X 20' deep stone courtyards, filled with clay and water or milk, making it extremely soft and fine.

 
 
   
 
 
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