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at the end of each day with white enamel paint. The painted lines are notably slicker than the surrounding dirt, but rarely cause a wrestler to slip due to their narrowness. Around the ring is finely brushed sand called the
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are placed slightly outside the line of the circle at the four cardinal directions, these are called privileged bales (
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