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We posted about them before; now the story of bowler-hat-and-petticoat-wearing Bolivian women who wrestle is a documentary making the festival rounds. Says one cholita: "[Men] think because we're women we're weak… but [they're] totally wrong." Trailer after the jump. More »
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A tipster sent us this link to a story about cholitas, female wrestlers in Bolivia, who wear petticoats and bowler hats. The slideshow of photographs by Ivan Kashinsky is absolutely stunning; but be sure and read the accompanying article, as well. "Sometimes my daughters ask why I insist on doing this," one cholita says. "It's dangerous; we have many injuries, and my daughters complain that wrestling does not bring any money into the household. But I need to improve every day. Not for myself… but for the triumph of [my wrestling character] Yolanda, an artist who owes herself to her public." [National Geographic] More »
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