ZUAR - the knife bout of the Kau Nuba Standing on rock points, they are bending their upper bodies far back and are yelling like birds of prey. This means the »invitation to the bout«. They are never fighting against each other only village against village. These are the villages Nyaro, Fungor and Kau. The men are going in groups or individually over the bout place. Their movements are of unbelievable elegance. Then the bout begins. At first, they are fighting with sticks, after that with the iron rings fixed to the wrist. Soon the bouts are getting wilder and more passionate until one of them is falling to the ground heavily bleeding. Referees are observing that the bouts remain fair. However, there had been cases of death for no fighter is going to give up a bout even if he is severely hurt.
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