Back مصارعة سنغالية Arabic Siɲɛta BM Senegalesisches Wrestling German Lucha senegalesa Spanish Senegaldar borroka Basque کشتی سنگالی Persian Lutte sénégalaise French Loita senegalesa Galician Gwagwarmayar Senegal Hausa Lotta senegalese Italian
 Mame Balla vs. Pape Mor Lô, Paris-Bercy, 2013 | |
| Focus | Wrestling |
|---|---|
| Olympic sport | No |
Senegalese wrestling (Njom in Serer, Lutte sénégalaise or simply Lutte avec frappe in French, Laamb in Wolof, Siɲɛta in Bambara) is a type of folk wrestling traditionally performed by the Serer people and now a national sport in Senegal and parts of The Gambia,[1] and is part of a larger West African form of traditional wrestling (fr. Lutte Traditionnelle).[2] The Senegalese form traditionally allows blows with the hands (frappe), the only one of the West African traditions to do so. As a larger confederation and championship around Lutte Traditionnelle has developed since the 1990s, Senegalese fighters now practice both forms, called officially Lutte Traditionnelle sans frappe (for the international version) and Lutte Traditionnelle avec frappe for the striking version.[3]
- ^ "Senegal: Wrestling with Reality". Retrieved 2019-07-10 – via Aljazeera World.
- ^ For example, see the Nigerian variant: Jolijn Geels. Niger. Bradt London and Globe Pequot New York (2006). ISBN 1-84162-152-8 pp.77-8.
- ^ Government of Senegal: COMITE NATIONAL DE GESTION DE LA LUTTE Archived 2006-05-07 at the Wayback Machine.