|
Image of the Day Images that will blow your mind - every day. [Blog] [RSS] [XML] |
|
Thread Tools | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
08-21-2008, 01:52 AM | #1 | |
The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
|
August 21, 2008: Cholita Wrestling
Neatorama points to this National Geographic article about women wrestling in Bolivia.
Quote:
The photo gallery show them fighting the male wrestlers also. Of course it's phony, but it is entertaining.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. |
|
08-21-2008, 03:01 AM | #2 |
Non-Newbie Sort
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 6
|
Love the costumes. Makes me think of the quote:
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. ~Faith Whittlesey |
08-21-2008, 07:22 AM | #3 |
lives inside a Mobius strip
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,120
|
Soon to be our newest Olympic sport!
__________________
I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny |
08-21-2008, 08:45 AM | #4 |
...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 8,360
|
in petticoats, no less. wow.
__________________
"Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" |
08-21-2008, 02:49 PM | #5 |
Operations Operative
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 479
|
|
08-21-2008, 03:07 PM | #6 |
Your Bartender
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Philly Burbs, PA
Posts: 7,651
|
|
08-21-2008, 10:31 PM | #7 |
Operations Operative
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 479
|
|
08-22-2008, 02:02 AM | #8 | |
amnesic-confabulatory opsimath
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Between my ears
Posts: 739
|
Quote:
I remember a TV feature about the women from the Andes villages gathering for their annual football championships, also playing in their traditional garb. see also th NY times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/in...=1&oref=slogin on the wrestling story. |
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|