Watch 80-year-old woman perform ancient Indian martial art ‘kalari’ in Dubai

Keralite sensation Meenakshi Amma from Khalid Al Ameri’s viral video performs kalari

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Irish Eden Belleza, Senior Visual Editor ; Clint Egbert, Senior Visual Journalist and Sajila Saseendran, Chief Reporter

Eighty-year-old Meenakshi Amma is the oldest female exponent of ancient Indian martial art ‘kalaripayattu’ or ‘kalari’ and received India’s fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 2017.

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