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Blood, knock-out or surrender: Musangwe games.
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This is musangwe, a brutal, bare-knuckle traditional fight club in which members of the Venda people gather to brawl. Though much has changed in South Africa over the past 50 years, here, in the rolling hills of the north, musangwe remains the same. Boys and men turn out each week to partake in these short bursts of violent beatings that test their opponents’ toughness and prove their own.
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The rules are simple, and vicious: no gloves, no headgear, and no time limits. Even if you are knocked out, you can get up and continue to fight. Only when one fighter submits can the fight come to an end. No gambling. Just fighting. Aside from an injury or two, fighters walk away with little more than respect and bragging rights.

“We’re not trying to hurt each other,” said the current president of musangwe, Musa Malange, who owns an internate café, “We’re brothers testing one another.”
Image result for musangwe fight clubThe fights started officially in 1829. Teenage boys from the Venda tribe would gather their bulls on a patch beside a river to drink water. Known for their toughness and pride, the Venda boys would challenge their bulls to fight. When that was not enough, they did away with the bulls entirely and used their fists. Even today, the fights are still held in the same spot by the river.
Recently women are trained also to partake in these vicious games, the fight are not meant to be personal and what happens in mosangwe field stay`s there and if you are found to be holding the grudge influenced by the fights you will face serious trouble…



                                  

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