A town where women engage in bloody fights to call the rain......SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline~Every year, in the month of May, women from the
Nahua villages of Guerrero in Mexico, gather to brutalise each other.
All the blood they spill during the fight is collected in buckets, and
later used to plough and water their lands. The villagers believe that
this bizarre ritual will bring the rain and provide bountiful harvest.
On the first day of the annual ritual, women wake up early to make
large quantities of food. They prepare turkey, chicken, rice, boiled
eggs among other things which they take along with them to the
fighting grounds. At the official site, they lay out the food and
decorate the area with flowers and inflated turkey bellies. They
recite prayers for the Virgin Mary and for the local rain god Tlaloc,
after which it is time for the fighting to begin.
The villagers stand in a circle; form a ring while waiting for their
adversaries to arrive from neighboring communities. The villages of La
Esperanza and El Rancho Las Lomas, in particular, have a long standing
rivalry – they fight in a field that lies on the border between the
two towns. When everyone has arrived, the women begin to seek out
opponents, challenging them to fights. The older women, who are
seasoned warriors, provoke younger girls to get into the ring and
spill some blood, according toVICEMagazine.
Once the opponents are decided, the women get into the ring and face
each other, tying up their hair and taking off their jewelry. One of
them throws the first punch, the crowd begins to cheer, and pretty
soon, a bloody fight is underway. The women don't seem to care about
winning, all they want is to spill and collect as much blood as
possible. They might ask for a time out to clean up their bloodied
noses, but they'll get right on with the punching once they're done.
Men and children sometimes join in as well, and the fighting continues
until dark, after which everyone hugs each other and heads back home.
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