Lutte Traditionnelle
Focus | Wrestling |
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Olympic sport | No |
Lutte Traditionnelle (fr. for Traditional Wrestling) is a style of
Variation
Since the 1950s, a number of West African traditions have been assimilated into Lutte Traditionnelle as it has become a major spectator sport and cultural event. The major variation has become
In Nigeria, and Hausa areas of Niger, Kokawa has become regularised to the West African standard. There the striking component has been hived off to a separate boxing event called Dambe. Both are performed on the same traditional ring, though Dambe has become the preserve of traveling cofraternaties of fighters.[3]
Goal
Two fighters compete in a circular ring, in more formal events bound by sand bags. Each fighter attempts to eject the other from the ring, though they can win by knocking the other off their feet or onto all fours.[4]
International organisation
Lutte Traditionnelle has grown in organisation and popularity throughout much of West Africa since the 1980s. Alongside national championships in many nations, several organisations have organised international tournaments, which in turn have necessitated a harmonisation of rules. International competition takes place during the
References
- ^ "Initiation wrestling in Togo". 10 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-10 – via The African.
- ^ Government of Senegal: COMITE NATIONAL DE GESTION DE LA LUTTE Archived 2006-05-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ In pictures: Traditional boxing in Nigeria. Text by Andrew Walker, pictures by Afolabi Sotunde. BBC World Service, March 2008.
- ^ See a guide to the sport at : Tout savoir sur la lutte sénégalaise: interview with Abdou Wahid Kane, professor of the Sociology of Sport at the Institut national supérieur de l’éducation physique et du sport de Dakar. Badara Diouf, Afrik News, 30 May 2005.
- ^ L'arbitrage décrié au tournoi de lutte traditionnelle de la CEDEAO. APANEWS, 6 July 2008.
- Portions of this article were translated from the German language Wikipedia article de:Gambisches Wrestling, and the French language article fr:Lutte sénégalaise.
- Le Niger gagne le championnat d’Afrique de lutte traditionnelle , Christophe Schmidt, Afrik News, 18 April 2000.
- La lutte traditionnelle africaine s'offre ses premiers championnats, Le Monde 27 April 1995.
- Government of Senegal: COMITE NATIONAL DE GESTION DE LA LUTTE.
External links
- (in French) Lutte, Afrik News category for Lutte Traditionnelle newspaper reports.
- (in French) Report from the 29th annual Nigerien National Championship of the Lutte Traditionnelle, 22 February 2008, Dosso, Niger.