Lathi khela
Lathi khela competition in Bangladesh | |
| Focus | Stick fighting |
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| Famous practitioners | Pulin Behari Das |
| Olympic sport | No |
| Meaning | Staffplay |
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| Culture of Bengal |
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Lathi khela (Bengali: লাঠি খেলা) is a traditional Bengali martial art – a kind of stick fighting practiced in Bangladesh. A practitioner is known as a lathial. Lathi khela originated from the Bengal region in Indian subcontinent.