A wrestler showers himself with mud from the wrestling pit
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Unlike conventional wrestling matches played on mats with regulated draws, India's "mud wrestling" is more raw
Young wrestlers rest as they watch others train at the Shree Shahu Vijayi Gangavesh Talim, a residential gymnasium in Kolhapur, India
Spectators watch a bout of traditional mud wrestling during competition
Crowds cheer as muscular men in tight loincloths slap sacred scented soil on their bulging thighs and arms for a mud wrestling bout in India.