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Maradi 2012 |
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Tillabéri 2010 |
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Tahoua 2009 |
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Dosso 2008 |
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Agadez 2007 |
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Zinder 1986 |
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List of finalists
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Wrestling final Tahoua, Niger, 8 March 2009
Traditional wrestling:
2009 games in Tahoua, Niger
This video gives a summary of
the final of the 30th
edition of the traditional wrestling games in Tahoua, Niger.
The pictures were shot
on 8 March 2009 and broadcasted by
Bonferey.TV on 10 March.
The final was on 8 March between Harouna Abdou « the
bull of the Ader » (in the Tahoua region), 31 years old
and weighing 120
kg and the much younger and lighter Laminou Maidaba from
Agadez,
only 23 years and 91 kg. This final was a short fight of
less then 4
minutes. Laminou Maidaba had to rely on his intelligence and
anticipating capacity against Harouna Abdou who could count
on his force and his experience. Harouna Abdou had fought
four finals and won the two last in 2007 and 2008. However it was David who won the plated sabre and not
Goliath.
At these games were 80 wrestlers in total; this is
10 per region. A complete list of finalist is given
here.
Other videos give a nice illustration of
the activities around the fights and of some fights on a
regular day. Information about the fights before the
day of final can be found here (preliminary
fights)
Tahoua 2009 final |
Tahoua 2009 intro 1 |
Tahoua 2009 intro 2 |
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