Thursday, May 17, 2007

Tinku

Two Bolivian women engage in a vicious fight, as part of an ancient indigenous tradition in which rival villagers settle their differences with drunken dancing, singing and hand-to-hand combat.

The tradition, known as Tinku, dates back to before the European invasion of South America.

Each year, the indigenous Quechua communities come together in Macha, a remote and impoverished village in the Andes, for the largest Tinku in Bolivia.

Once there, they get drunk, and smack each other about. (Sounds like a normal night out in Cardiff)

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