AP PHOTOS: Bloody fingers are just part of the game in this traditional German sport
April 28, 2025
Men In short leather pants and embroidered suspensions, dislocated figures were risked as they saw the main prize in the German championship in the sport or wrestling finger.
About 180 competitors participated in Sunday 64. The German Championship in Panga, which is about an hour ride southwest of Munich.
Finge to wrestle is considered to be popular in the German Alpine region and neighboring Austriacreated as a way of resolving disputes. The earliest representation of the sports date at the 19th century. Century. Participants wore a traditional Bavarian dress known as a traft.
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