Merry Christmas! - Now let's fight!

By Meera Dolasia on December 30, 2007

Fist_fight While most people, sit back and relax after a big Christmas meal, residents of Peru like to work it off with a friendly fistfight. The traditional festival known as Takanakuy or 'fighter' starts with dancing and a religious procession.

After that instead of exchanging gifts, people exchange fistfights. These bare-knuckled, free kicking fights are supervised by local government officials and are meant to allow participants to let our all their pent (built) up anger in a safe environment. The best part is, there is no age or gender limitation - Kids, men and women of all ages can join in the fun.

So if Santa forgot to bring you that special toy on your list, go ahead - take a flight to Peru and go at it!

Have fun watching the video of this quirky and fun festival!

38 Comments

dsnyder6193/18/2013
This is awesome but bad. I LOVE IT!
fghjklloooiuytr3/18/2013
that is awsome
shock123/12/2013
wow, they want to fight?
tomatepodrido12/11/2012
what!!! so that means that when peru people have christmas,they say :merry chrismas!!! and they start to FIGHT?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!????????!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
- speedster3/13/2013
  i know. is that crazy
amanda4/15/2012
i went to peru for christmas, since my step-dad is from there, and i NEVER saw ANYONE fist-fight.
- zebralove8/24/2012
  That' very strange!
  - borntoplay12/10/2012
    I'm the same person as amanda, just now with a profile, and it's not like that at all.
deanna12/6/2011
I learned that people in Peru fight when they don't get the present they were looking for and some people fight to let all their anger out!
Patrick12/6/2011
That is an amazing way to work off those extra pounds from Christmas dinner. But even if I was in Peru my mom would never let me fight even with goverment officals supervising.
Kaden12/6/2011
if i didn't get what i want i get to punch Santa in the face. : }
Emmily12/6/2011
I didn't know that in Peru instead of exchanging gifts they exchange fist fights. I thought they did different things in every place in the world.
randy12/6/2011
i didnt know that you could fist fight in peru, i really didnt know that there no age limit