জব্বারের বলীখেলায় দিদার বলী চ্যাম্পিয়ন || Didar Boli Became Champion

This video is on a historical sports of Bangladesh. It all began in 1909 with a rich merchant named Abdul Jabbar Shawdagar and his passion for wrestling. He wanted the youths of his time to feel inspired to display of their physical strength—namely wrestling. As it slowly gained popularity and was widely entertaining, he kept on holding the event every year. Today, the wrestling festival called Jabbarer Boli Khela (Jabbar’s Wrestling Competition) stands as one of Chittagong’s major festival in Laldighi area. Boli means wrestling in local dialect, and khela is sport.