Nick Turse
Fist fighters battle during the Musangwe, an age old tradition where  men and boys display their fighting skills, at Gaba Village in Limpopo  province, South Africa, December 22, 2011. The annual Venda  fist-fighting run by community leaders, attracts hundreds of men who  engaged in several weeks of bare-knuckled amateur fights in front of  screaming audiences in the area. The sport, which began three centuries  ago among young bored farmhands of the Venda tribe, attracts scores of  spectators who often walk miles to cheer their favorites under the  searing summer sun.     REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Fist fighters battle during the Musangwe, an age old tradition where men and boys display their fighting skills, at Gaba Village in Limpopo province, South Africa, December 22, 2011. The annual Venda fist-fighting run by community leaders, attracts hundreds of men who engaged in several weeks of bare-knuckled amateur fights in front of screaming audiences in the area. The sport, which began three centuries ago among young bored farmhands of the Venda tribe, attracts scores of spectators who often walk miles to cheer their favorites under the searing summer sun. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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