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Baluan Sholak remained popular with his countrymen and was respected and honoured wherever he went. His songs are still heard today, and the
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He started fighting at the age of fourteen and gained a reputation as an invincible wrestler. He also gained fame as a singer of
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Baluan Sholak was born on 11 December 1864, in the village of
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At fairs, he could lift the weight of 816 kg. On one occasion at the
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he battled a well-known fighter named Karen and broke several ribs.
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Some of his songs became very popular in
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Photograph of Baluan Sholak lifting an ox weighing 816 kg
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Composer, singer, poet, dombra player, dzhigit and wrestler
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players, singers, storytellers, jockeys and wrestlers.
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