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CONGO - WRESTLING & WITCHCRAFT

In the Congo, wrestling is just as popular as it is in America. The main difference is that the Congolese like to introduce a mystical,

magical "voodoo" element

to the pantomime. So as well as huge goons wearing spandex and diving off ten-foot-high stages, there's also the inclusion of "magical traditions" which involve magic powders, spells and zombie-like transformations of wrestlers.