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Cholitas Luchadores: Bolivias Female Wrestlers.

The fighting cholitas see themselves as symbols of strength: Their opponents include bigotry and sexism. “My goal,” says one fighter, “is to lift up indigenous women, who have been treated with contempt.”

“We fighters carry within us a kind of fire that nothing can quench.”

A kind of fire that nothing can quench.

Welcome to Monday, Tumblr. Let’s kick things off with some some of Bolivia’s awesomest female wrestlers.

(via samuelasaverb)

Source: National Geographic

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