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Senegalese wrestling is a type of wrestling that is traditionally performed by various ethnicities in Subsaharan Africa like the Mandinka, Wolof, Fulani, Nuerr, Bambara, Jola and Serer.
In this video, The wrestler is performing the warrior dance.


The traditional wrestling is one of the oldest indigenous sports in Gambia where wrestling festivals commonly takes place. Leg locking are permitted but there are no patterned arm or head locks, or complicated points system. The object of the game is simply to throw the opponent on to the ground. The first wrestler down in the game loses the match.

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It is now a national sport in Senegal The Gambia, and is part of a larger West African form of traditional wrestling.