Iran has some traditional games, sports, and martial arts that date back thousands of years. Many of these games have started to disappear due to urbanisation...

India has several traditional games and sports, some of which have been played for thousands of years. Their popularity has greatly declined in the modern...

Bengali traditional games are traditional games that are played in rural parts of the historical region of Bengal (present-day Bangladesh and the Indian...

The International Traditional and Heroic Contest is an international competition of Iranian traditional and heroic sports. The second international contest...

display the Persian text in this article correctly. Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West...

traditional games and sports. Two of them, kabaddi and kho-kho, are played at the South Asian Games, with kabaddi also featuring at the Asian Games....

Tibet has many traditional games with origins dating up to 5,000 years ago. There are various rock-lifting competitions in Tibet which center around participants...

Myanmar has a number of traditional games, sports, and martial arts. Some of these games were designed to teach people how to protect themselves and their...

across the Strait of Hormuz to Iran and Pakistan, and as far south as Zanzibar. In the 20th century, the sultanate came under the influence of the United Kingdom...

[tehˈɾɒːn] Tehrân) is the capital and largest city of Iran. In addition to serving as the capital of Tehran province, the city is the administrative center...

Emirates  Iran  Australia  New Zealand Previous Asian Winter Games in China 1996 Asian Winter Games – also held in Harbin 2007 Asian Winter Games – Changchun...

hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council Resolution...

Many sports in Iran are both traditional and modern. Tehran, for example, was the first city in West Asia to host the Asian Games in 1974, and continues...

Khorsabad. Similar games have been found in Iran, Crete, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, and Syria. Excavations at Shahr-e Sukhteh ("The Burnt City") in Iran have shown that...

coordination, dexterity, and timing. This traditional game has been a popular pastime among children for generations in Iran, often played outdoors or on flat...

August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and varzesh-e bastani (Persian traditional sport) practitioner. He was a gold medalist...

the continental level, Iran has won three AFC Asian Cup championships in 1968, 1972, and 1976. They have also won three Asian Games in 1974, 1990, and 1998...

Azerbaijani: kamança, Armenian: քամանչա, Kurdish: کەمانچە ,kemançe) is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish...

"ancient sport"), a traditional system of athletics and a form of martial arts originally used to train warriors in Iran (Persia) Outside Iran, zoorkhanehs can...

Throughout history, women in Iran have played numerous roles, and contributed in many ways, to Iranian society. Historically, tradition maintained that...

Traditional Thai massage or Thai yoga massage is a traditional therapy combining acupressure, Indian Ayurvedic principles, and assisted yoga postures....

competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost...

Iran is a mixed economy with a large public sector. Some 60% of Iran's economy is centrally planned.[needs update] Iran's economy is characterized by...

Seremban". Malaysian Traditional Games. Retrieved 17 November 2020. "Hawaiian Jackstones". Elliott Avedon Virtual Museum of Games. Retrieved 16 November...

Olympic Games. 735 BC—Naxos in Sicily founded as a colony of Chalcis in Euboea. (traditional date) 734 BC—Syracuse founded in Sicily as a joint colony of Corinth...

member of the family arranged around it. The table should be with at least seven dishes. In Iran, the traditional heralds of the festival of Nowruz are...

traditional 4-year cycle, after the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China were postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Olympic Council of Asia...

includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music...

restrictions reinforce traditional roles and have led to ongoing calls for reform . • Employment and Education: While Iranian women are highly educated...

early board games such as Jiroft civilization game boards[verification needed] in Iran. Senet, found in Predynastic and First Dynasty burials of Egypt, c...