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Women Play Kabaddi In Saree As Crowd Cheers On, Video Goes Viral

A viral video shared on Twitter by IAS officer Awanish Sharan shows rural women in Chhattisgarh engaged in a thrilling game of kabaddi

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It is often rare to find a heartwarming, sweet story from the everyday abyss of the Internet's terrifying news cycle. One such story of women playing kabaddi in sarees has created the same effect, leaving netizens in awe. A video shared by IAS officer Awanish Sharan sees ordinary womenfolk publicly indulging in sporting activities and enjoying being themselves.
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In the video from Chhattisgarh, one can see two teams of women, clad in sarees, playing kabaddi as a crowd cheers them on. The video is captioned as “Hum kisi se kam hain kya! Chhattisgarhia Olympics mein mahila kabaddi.” And they are quite literally no less than anyone.

Women play kabaddi in saree

The clip has garnered over three lakh views and 13,000 likes since being shared on Twitter. It appears that the competition was organised during a public event. The video sees several women in sarees playing kabaddi with full enthusiasm, at the same time multitasking with covering their heads with pallu. While the game seems to be held in a grassy field of a village, the exact location of the video is however unknown.

The video has garnered support and love from various social media users. While one commented that the video sets parameters for the "empowerment of women," another added that this activity should be "implemented everywhere."

Commenting on their multitasking skills, a Twitter user wrote, “Multitasking, both pallu and kabaddi management at the same time in one breath. Loved it”. Another person

The best thing on internet today. I m still smiling. Such a lovely thing to see

— Ujwal Rajput (@asusual_rajput) October 8, 2022 “The best thing on the internet today. I m still smiling. Such a lovely thing to see”.

Similar incident

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Earlier in September, a video shared by Raj Nayak shows an elderly woman dancing while a room full of women singing to what the user claimed was Hanuman Gatha. The heart-melting part was not just dancing but the woman was seen emoting and enacting the words of the song like a play.


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