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In this episode, we go on a journey into the Bolivian highlands for a completely unique festival called “Tinku.” It takes place in a tiny town called Macha, which is not exactly a tourist hot spot. The aim of the game is to fight thy neighbour in order to spill blood and satisfy the Andean gods, which are all-powerful to the indigenous Aymara community.
We drink with the locals, dance with the locals and some of us fight with the locals. It is a chaotic couple of days, and one of the world’s most unusual sporting traditions.
Also, we visit La Paz and El Alto and talk about the fighting Cholitas, and we hop on a Mountain bike down Death Road.
Before all that, there’s part four of the Patagonian hitchhiking journey, as Eoin is still trying to get himself to the town of Esquel.
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In this episode, we go on a journey into the Bolivian highlands for a completely unique festival called “Tinku.” It takes place in a tiny town called Macha, which is not exactly a tourist hot spot. The aim of the game is to fight thy neighbour in order to spill blood and satisfy the Andean gods, which are all-powerful to the indigenous Aymara community.
We drink with the locals, dance with the locals and some of us fight with the locals. It is a chaotic couple of days, and one of the world’s most unusual sporting traditions.
Also, we visit La Paz and El Alto and talk about the fighting Cholitas, and we hop on a Mountain bike down Death Road.
Before all that, there’s part four of the Patagonian hitchhiking journey, as Eoin is still trying to get himself to the town of Esquel.
Follow Eoin…
https://www.instagram.com/eoinsheahan/
https://x.com/EoinSheahan
https://www.tiktok.com/@eoinsheahan
Email: [email protected]
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