SENEGALESE WRESTLING

SENEGALESE WRESTLING

senegalese wrestling is a type of folk wrestling traditional to senegal . The senegalese form traditionelly allows blows with the hands , the only in the west africa to do so .

As a larger confederation and championship around traditionel wrestling is developped since 1990 .Senegalese fighters now practice both forms, called officially <> for the international version and for the striking version .

HISTORY

tanscending ethnic groups , the sport enjoys the statut of national sport . Traditionally young men used to figut as a distraction to court wives prove their manliness and bring honor to their villages. Usually each wrestler performed a particular dance before the start of the combat.

Today is very popular in the country as an indication of male athletic strength and ability . Presently wresteling is aranged by buissnes promoters who offers many millions to the winners.

GOAL

One of the main objectives is to throw the opponent to the ground by lifting him up and over , usually outside a given area.

TRAINING

The senegalese wrestlers train extemely hard and may perform and press ups various dificult phisical exercises throughout the day to build up their strength. however whilst they believe strength is important they also believe that there is a element of luck in the winner, and may perform black magic rituals before a match to increase their chances . common to senegalese wrestlers rubbing a foot on a stone of rubbing themselves with lotions or oils to increase good luck.