Tinku

Tinku is a form of ritual conflict practiced by local people in Potosí, Bolivia. In a local kinship system people are divided to two halves or moieties, which have unequal status. The word “Tinku” belongs to the Quechua language and means encounter, meeting. Tinku takes place on specified holidays, when the members of moieties, both men and women, fight hand-to-hand with those of...