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Check out ‘Takanakuy’, Peru’s ritual fighting event

Updated On Dec 31, 2015 06:48 PM IST

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Karen Quispe (left) and Margarita Rengifo, who don’t know each other, throw punches during the ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on December 25, 2015 photo. Only once a judge has ruled one of the combatants licked do they stop fighting. (AP)

Updated on Dec 31, 2015 06:48 PM IST

Karen Quispe (left) and Margarita Rengifo, who don’t know each other, throw punches during the ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on December 25, 2015 photo. Only once a judge has ruled one of the combatants licked do they stop fighting. (AP)

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In this December 25, 2015 photo, dancers wearing traditional Andean dresses eat lunch before the ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. During the fights, women sing ‘Huaylia’ music accompanied by accordions, harps, violins and mandolins. The lyrics, in Quechua, include such lines as ‘Child, fear not when rivers of blood flow’. (AP)

Updated on Dec 31, 2015 06:48 PM IST

In this December 25, 2015 photo, dancers wearing traditional Andean dresses eat lunch before the ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. During the fights, women sing ‘Huaylia’ music accompanied by accordions, harps, violins and mandolins. The lyrics, in Quechua, include such lines as ‘Child, fear not when rivers of blood flow’. (AP)

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In this December 25, 2015 photo, holding a bottle of beer, a masked fighter dances as he waits for a volunteer to challenge him at the ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event in Peru. Pretty much everything goes during the fighting, except for the use of rings on fingers. (AP)

Updated on Dec 31, 2015 06:48 PM IST

In this December 25, 2015 photo, holding a bottle of beer, a masked fighter dances as he waits for a volunteer to challenge him at the ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event in Peru. Pretty much everything goes during the fighting, except for the use of rings on fingers. (AP)

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Fighter Freddy Pacco puts his hat on before taking part in a ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on Christmas day. “I fight because it is a tradition and to prove my bravery,” said Pacco. The fighters wear birds or other dead animals on their heads for a more intimidating look, he explained. Pacco said the bird is a ‘Cernicalo’, a kind of falcon. (AP)

Updated on Dec 31, 2015 06:48 PM IST

Fighter Freddy Pacco puts his hat on before taking part in a ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on Christmas day. “I fight because it is a tradition and to prove my bravery,” said Pacco. The fighters wear birds or other dead animals on their heads for a more intimidating look, he explained. Pacco said the bird is a ‘Cernicalo’, a kind of falcon. (AP)

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In this December 25, 2015 photo, Nestor Gabina (centre), fights his neighbour Gabriel Anaya during a ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on Christmas day. The long-time neighbours fought over the exact line between their properties, a dispute that has even been brought before the local courts. The fight lasted only a few minutes before the referee separated them without proclaiming an official winner. The men hugged and broke down in tears. Then they calmed the mix of adrenaline and shame with more beer. (AP)

Updated on Dec 31, 2015 06:48 PM IST

In this December 25, 2015 photo, Nestor Gabina (centre), fights his neighbour Gabriel Anaya during a ‘Takanakuy’ ritual fighting event on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on Christmas day. The long-time neighbours fought over the exact line between their properties, a dispute that has even been brought before the local courts. The fight lasted only a few minutes before the referee separated them without proclaiming an official winner. The men hugged and broke down in tears. Then they calmed the mix of adrenaline and shame with more beer. (AP)

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Andean indigenous dancer Waira Sacsi is helped with her hair by her mother Flor before the start of the ‘Takanakuy’ fighting ritual on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on Christmas day. Dancers open the event to traditional Andean music known as ‘Huaylia’. (AP)

Updated on Dec 31, 2015 06:48 PM IST

Andean indigenous dancer Waira Sacsi is helped with her hair by her mother Flor before the start of the ‘Takanakuy’ fighting ritual on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on Christmas day. Dancers open the event to traditional Andean music known as ‘Huaylia’. (AP)

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