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This picture taken on September 14, 2021 shows Sajeev Kumar (L) practitioner and teacher of “Kalaripayattu”, a traditional martial art originated in Kerala, training students at his family-run Kadathanadan Kalari Sangam school in Vatakara in the Kozhikode district of the state of Kerala. Deftly parrying her 60-year-old son with a two-handed bamboo cane, Meenakshi Amma belies her 78 years with her prowess at kalari, thought to be India's oldest martial art. The great-grandmother in Kerala in southern India has been a driving force in the revival of kalaripayattu, as the ancient practice is also known, and in encouraging girls to take it up. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP Photo)
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