Christian Taylhardat
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This is TAKANAKUY
This is TAKANAKUY
A Film about a fighting festival in the Peruvian province of Chumbivicas
A Film about a fighting festival in the Peruvian province of Chumbivicas
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This is Takanakuy - We spent a week deep in the Peruvian Andes, Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas. To film the real TAKANAKUY during Christmas 2024. You may know Takanakuy as Peru's wild Christmas fist-fighting festival... but few have seen it like this. On December 25, the whole community gathers: men, women, even kids settle old grudges—family feuds, land disputes, romantic dramas—with ritual fights in the ring. Whips crack, crowds cheer, blood boils... but every fight ends in a hug. Debts paid, slates wiped clean, peace restored for the new year. Filmed on location in Santo Tomás during Takanakuy 2024.
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Additional Frames
These are frames from the film shot on a Sony FX3 and a DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine
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