Lathi khela

Lathi khela (Bengali: লাঠি খেলা) is a traditional Bangladeshi martial art — a kind of stick fighting practiced mainly in Bangladesh. A practitioner is known as a lathial.

Etymology

The word lathi is the Bengali word meaning stick, while khela means a sport or game. Therefore, lathi khela translates as a game of sticks.

Instruments

The lathi is normally made of the male bamboo and sometimes bound at short intervals with iron rings. A typical lathi measures 6 to 8 feet (2 to 2.4 m). Some are shorter and may be wielded like a baton or bludgeon. In the past, sticks could be paired with shields, as can still be seen in nori bari (mock stick-fight) demonstrations.

History

Stick fighting has an ancient history in South Asia, tracing back to the region's aboriginal inhabitants. Rich farmers and other eminent people hired lathial for security and as a symbol of their power. Duels were used as a way to protect or take land and other possessions. A proverb in some South Asian languages is "whoever wields the lathi keeps the cow". Zamindars (feudal lords) sent groups of lathial to forcefully collect taxes from villagers. Lathi training was at one time included in the Bratachari system of education.

Lathi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Lathi assembly constituency (લાઠી વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat. It is located in Amreli District.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments

1. Lathi Taluka.

2. Babra Taluka.

3. Lilia Taluka (Part) Villages – Kankot Nana, Rajkot Nana.

Total Number of Voters

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election Results

2014

2012

References

See also

List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Lathi (1996 film)

Lathi is a 1996 Bengali film director Prabhat Roy.The Film starring Victor Banerjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Rituparna Sengupta, Abhishek Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey in lead roles.The film has been music composed by Bappi Lahiri.

Cast

-:AWARDS:- BFJA Awards (1997) Best Actor Victor Banerjee Best Art Direction Kartik Bose

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