Huka-huka

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.

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[2] The fight is performed by either men and women.

[4] The fight is also being studied by mixed martial arts practitioners.