Alex Sinclair's avatar

TrialByStory have you ever heard of cholitas wrestling? It's a super interesting indigenous-women-led Bolivian subculture. Here are some snaps I took of it a few years ago, as you can see, the audience plays a key role in the narrative here too:

TrialByStory's avatar

I'm unfamiliar, but it does look very cool! That first image brings to mind a LuchaLibre event where audience members were encouraged to get more directly involved, but more intense.

I also love the idea of a wrestling subset where women are taking point, especially considering how often they get shunted to the side by companies where I am in North America!

Alex Sinclair's avatar

It was certainly intense, but very engaging. I've got a photo somewhere of one of them putting me in a headlock. That's the risk you take with a front-row seat, I guess. Totally agree on the part about women taking point; in the matches I saw, the cholitas were always the faces and the men mostly the heels.

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I found this to be a super interesting read, I am a massive wrestling fan so to discover this from yourself is so cool!

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