Takanakuy: Fistfighting in the Andes
- TV Special
- 2012
- 20m
In a remote area of the Peruvian Andes, a custom called "Takanakuy" has been observed for hundreds of years: each year on December 25h, villagers dress up in homemade costumes and have, basi... Read allIn a remote area of the Peruvian Andes, a custom called "Takanakuy" has been observed for hundreds of years: each year on December 25h, villagers dress up in homemade costumes and have, basically, a town brawl in which residents--after a night or two of partying--engage in fistfi... Read allIn a remote area of the Peruvian Andes, a custom called "Takanakuy" has been observed for hundreds of years: each year on December 25h, villagers dress up in homemade costumes and have, basically, a town brawl in which residents--after a night or two of partying--engage in fistfights with each other, with certain rules observed so that no one gets seriously hurt. It i... Read all