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Cholita Wrestling is a strange mix of WWF and Mexico's 'lucha libre' where women get dressed up to battle it out in the ring THE colourful world of Bolivia’s female wrestlers is a spectacle a world ...

Don't let the waist-length braids, frilly skirts and curtsies fool you. Bolivia's female pro-wrestlers - called cholitas - are just as fierce as the guys. Video courtesy of AFP.

Though wrestling is widely regarded as the world’s oldest sport, women have only recently gained a foothold. Even then, they’ve done so while facing tremendous discrimination and resistance from ...

Cholita wrestlers performing on the street of La Paz, Bolivia, during the Electropreste celebration last weekend. The celebration combines traditional and modern customs. Wearing traditional garb, ...

Dressed in colourful traditional dresses called polleras, plaited hair, and bowler hats, the Cholitas Luchadoras of El Alto, Bolivia, beat the crap out of their friends for fun and profit.