Watching the Cholitas Fighting | 玻利维亚摔跤表演

I noticed posters of the cholitas in my Bolivia Musical Instruments Museum photos, so today I'll share some scenes from a wrestling show I once watched in La Paz.

It was inside a small arena in El Alto, where a group of wrestlers was performing. Among them, the female cholitas drew the most attention with their feisty and entertaining fights.

Most Cholitas are from the indigenous Aymara or Quechua culture groups of Bolivia, like the general population of El Alto. On the streets, you can often see them wearing traditional bowler hats, braided hair, long shawls and multilayered skirts. Also, in the wrestling ring here.

Beginning in the middle of the 2000s, some indigenous women experiencing domestic violence started to practise wrestling as a means of empowerment and stress relief. Juan Mamami, a wrestler and Titans of the Ring president, has been promoting it into a popular attraction.

Aside from the flamboyant fighting, there was dancing outside the ring, and they invited audience members to interact with them. For me, it was a truly unique and unforgettable experience.

上次在玻利维亚乐器博物馆的照片中看到了cholitas的海报，所以今天来分享自己曾经看过的一场表演。

地点是在拉巴斯的El Alto，摔跤手中的女性cholitas很引人注目，她们来自玻利维亚的土著Aymara和Quechua群体，就像El Alto的多数居民一样。

经常在街上看到她们戴着圆顶礼帽，编着长长的辫子，穿着层层叠叠的蓬蓬裙。就连这摔跤场上，也是同样的装扮。

从十几年前开始，一些遭受家庭暴力的土著女性开始练习摔跤，来缓解压力、赋能自我。后来，在摔跤手Juan Mamami的带领推广下，cholitas摔跤表演逐渐吸引越来越多的游客。

除了娱乐奇幻富有魔性的摔跤打斗，她们也在场外唱歌跳舞调动气氛，还邀请观众和她们互动。总之是场非常独特难忘的表演，如果有机会去拉巴斯玩，推荐大家也去看看。