Huka-huka is a Brazilian folk wrestling style of the indigenous people of Xingu, in the state of Mato Grosso. It is performed as a ritual fight during the ceremony of Kuarup.
Rules
Huka-huka starts with the participants on their knees. It begins when the owner of the fight, a male chief, walks to the center of the arena and calls his opponents by name. The fighters kneel rotating clockwise in a circle facing the opponent, until they look at each other and cling, trying to lift the opponent and knock him to the ground
[http://www.funai.gov.br/indios/jogos/foto_principal/luta_corporal.htm FUNAI. Retrieved in July 16th,2006] The fight is performed by either men and women.
Huka huka as a martial art
Huka huka is being introduced, experimentally, in the formation of São Paulo State Military Police.
The fight is also being studied by mixed martial arts practitioners.
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