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Catch Wrestling in El Alto -  The Origins

Wrestling in El Alto - 2004. Before tourists comes around...
 

Multifunctional of El Alto. In Bolivia, since the 50s in which wrestling made its appearance, more than three generations of wrestlers have passed through the country's stages. Currently, the city of El Alto is one of the last places where this show continues to attract people. Here, the essence of wrestling is the social catharsis to which the public indulges. He himself takes pleasure in following the development of the drama between good (the so-called "technical") and evil (the "rude"). Obviously, when it comes to women's struggle, the bad guys are those women who have left behind their indigenous roots, integrated into the western model. The cholitas of Aymara culture of the Andean highlands are then in charge of adjusting old ethnic accounts.

 

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