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.12
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
The walls near the cave of Shite-thaung Temple which was built in 1531 show early depiction of the sport of kyin wrestling.4
APA References
- 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
References
- "ရခိုင်ရိုးရာ ကျင်အားကစားနည်း". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- "ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်နေ့နှင့်ရိုးရာကျင်ကိုင်ပွဲ". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- "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
- Kyun (Myanmar). (n.d.). Traditional Sports. https://www.traditionalsports.org/traditional-sports/asia/kyun-myanmar.html