Kyin

Wrestling form in Myanmar

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Rakhine Kyin Wrestling during 2017 Thingyan Festival in Mrauk-U

Kyin (Burmese: ကျင်) is a form of wrestling from Myanmar. It is practiced by the Rakhine people in Myanmar. Tournaments of this sport are usually held during big occasions, for example, Rakhine State Day events.[1][2]

In Kyin wrestling tournaments, practitioners usually put on a display of warming-up dancing, which is called "kyin kwin" in their local language. Then the fighting is on. The rules are simple. No punching. No touching on the face.[2] No attacking below the belt. The winner throws his opponent to the ground a fixed number of times.[3]

Rakhine Kyin Wrestling during 2017 Thingyan Festival in Mrauk-U

The walls near the cave of Shite-thaung Temple which was built in 1531 show early depiction of the sport of kyin wrestling.[4]

## See also

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* Naban
* Khmer traditional wrestling

## APA References

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* Aung, N. (2013, December 22). For love of the fight. Myanmar Times. Retrieved July 15, 2020, from https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/9114-for-love-of-the-fight.html
* Kyin: the traditional Rakhine wrestling. (2018, September 2). Global New Light of Myanmar. Retrieved July 15, 2020, from https://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/kyin-the-traditional-rakhine-wrestling/
* Olympic Council Of Asia - Myanmar. Retrieved Dec 16, 2020, from https://ocasia.org/noc/countries/45-mya-myanmar.html Archived 2021-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
* Information Ecosystems Paper 2: southern Rakhine, June 2020. Retrieved Dec 16, 2020, from https://coar-global.org/2020/06/21/information-ecosystems-paper-2-southern-rakhine/

## References

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1. ^ "ရခိုင်ရိုးရာ ကျင်အားကစားနည်း". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). Retrieved 2025-05-20.
2. ^ a b "ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်နေ့နှင့်ရိုးရာကျင်ကိုင်ပွဲ". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). Retrieved 2025-05-20.
3. ^ "Rakhine traditional wrestling in Myanmar (by Coconuts TV)". Coconuts TV. 17 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2020-12-31. Alt URL
4. ^ Kyun (Myanmar). (n.d.). Traditional Sports. https://www.traditionalsports.org/traditional-sports/asia/kyun-myanmar.html

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