Voodoo Wrestling is Empowering Women in The Congo
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Catch Fétiche - loosely translated, “voodoo wrestling” - is a uniquely Congolese fighting style: a combination of traditional African wrestling moves, old religious practices, and one man’s obsession with Hulk Hogan.
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Today, Catch Fétiche is second only to soccer in popularity within the Congo
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the translation is so wrong, anyone reading this isnt really reading what they are saying.
im congolese, British born and can tell you now i can translate this a lot accurate than provided.
just contact me.
your translators seem like they struggle with english themselves to why translation isnt accurate
This is awesome and I hope the get sponsor somehow from big companies in Congo
el nino How many women are raped in Congo?
Please do a video on wrestling in Vietnam same thing is happening with women.
everybody gangsta till the chicken is on fire
Lool
That was messed up... poor chicken
the rest of the video was amazing, i absolutely love that women are being empowered and have their own economic value without the need for men
but setting a live animal on fire is brutal and cruel. and then they brought that beautiful dog to the event, but cut away before showing why she was brought there. it definitely makes me worry.
i guess i have mixed feelings. cruelty is never ok. but i'm really happy to see these women living and thriving, despite the overwhelming adversity they face. it definitely makes me thankful for the life and opportunities i have as a woman in the west. but again, it highlights just how bad the disparity between genders is in other parts of the world. she talks about her experience of being raped as a child like it's an ordinary thing that happens to everyone. i don't want america to be the world police, but at the same time i really don't know what i can do to help. it's not fair that they live in those conditions. what can i, as an individual, do to help these women in misogynist cultures? i know i have to vote bernie, because he's the only one running his campaign on grass roots small donor money, rather than taking bribes from corporations. but the entire global system is so corrupt that i feel helpless, like i can't use my resources and good fortune to help those in such awful situations. not every woman in the congo can become a wrestler. I'm really glad women are getting representation, being humanized in the public psyche. but at this rate it'll still be decades before the disproportionate violence against women reaches first-world levels. and even that's not good enough, even in the first world we have a lot of work to do. but this is a triage situation, and they need help the most. what can i do to help?
Word
@@BothHands1 You can bojcott France since they are the ones ruining Congo and many other African countries. Not to mention you can start to speak up about western religious right nutters going to Africa and telling them how to live their lifes..
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I want to say that I respect you for wanting to help and change for the good of the people and the world.
Regards!
When the hood gangsters realize they wouldn't survive the street life in Congo.
wordddddddddd
Facts
They wouldn’t survive anywhere in Africa bro
@@daryldaix3350 exactly
Daryl Daix FACTSSS
Man had a flaming chicken kicked at him & realised it wasn't a joke anymore.. 😂
😂😂😂
*Papa Shango enters the ring*
Sees chicken set on fire
"Aight Ima head out"
😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao
lmaooo
Not even the undertaker can save that chicken rip😂
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
I thought Mexican wrestling was crazy but this is golden
Brian Rosales 😂😂😂😂
C
Japanese wrestling is the craziest wrestling, especially the Joshi wrestling scene from the 80s and 90s, they were trying to kill each other for real.
@@CKACKAJACKA yes!!!!
Yeah bro and I am from Congo
I need Jim Ross on commentary for the matches in the Congo
“By God He’s Casted a Spell on the that Wrestler”
“For the love of humanity the chickens on fire”
😂😂😂😂
XD voice dub
that is accurate as all hell lol
“As god as my witness that chicken is broken in half.”
LMFAO...BEST COMMENT. I believe thats exactly what he would of said
Everybody trying to act gangster. Until someone bigger and tougher lights up a chicken to test your gangsta.
the chicken was just acting ... he's fine
he was seen later that evening taking a brutal chair shot. Great seller
@@ohtebowah lol
😂😂😅
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kayfabe chicken!
Lmao this shit lit even the army join in
lmfaooo
Peace amongst Black people. 💯💯
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This needs to be a high budget TV show now. No chicken fireballs though.
It wouldn't be the same without a flaming chicken bro🐔🐣🔥🔥🔥
Thats the draw though
Yes chicken fireballs. So necessary to the effect.
That moment when your opponent casts a spell on you.
@Hoàng Nguyên legit pro gamer move
🙈🙈🙈😂😂😂😂
I've lived my whole life in Africa and this is still mind blowing by all standards 😂
Lol...
no kap
@?? where I live the closet we got is boxing, and possibly some of our local sports like dambe
You could have stated your country. I'm a Nigerian and this is wildly entertaining
Yeah Congolese are different 🤣🤣🤣 🇬🇭 here
what I love about this is no matter how negative your question sounds they still give you positive answers every time, THATS what being African is about,focusing on showing the positive rather than the negative
True indeed I love africa
Only because they can #Vent their true frustrations in #violence!
😌nothing wrong with #ventilation.
- i don't need the voodoo though.
We need to get a good team outa Congo straight to Hollywood WWE
better if Hollywood /WWE invested money to build up Congo Wrestling instead of just taking them to America to exploit them
Yeah!!!!!!!
They're gonna get buried
@@frankmill5172 That real talk 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😎
@@frankmill5172 yup
No one: Bro I know you ain’t trynna catch this fade in the ring
Bro: Hops in the ring and lights a chicken on fire
How does someone accept a fight offer from no one
How she made sure her kids ate first before she even thought about herself! Like the fact of how hard she goes is proven then and there!
It may well be that she just wasn't hungry.
Man I'm happy that the chicken died because that chicken would have some mad trust issues after that shit
😂😂😂😂
This made me re-evaluate why I was even scared of the Undertaker all my life
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yessss
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The look on those children’s faces at the end of the video. I mean, come on, man, that’s what it’s all about! I will pray that God joins your endeavors and helps you make all the children’s faces all across the Congo look just like that. Best Wishes.
I love it. I have lived in Congo for two years. My Brothers and Sisters in Congo are amazing and good people I love them so much. LOVE from Ghana... Je vous aimes beaucoup
Papa Shango Would Proud🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥😂😂😜
Or Kamala
LOL!
LMFAO
Kkkkkkkk
@@Togomei Kamala was from Uganda
Papa John retired well and enjoys life as a wrestling promoter after selling his pizza company
Thank You for the tea
Lol 😂😂😂
Damn! this is more entertaining than WWE+MMA
It is
Maybe you should be watching good wrestling instead of WWE.
That's right, bro.
Shujath Hussain yea but it’s real
Yes. And it may be even more ridiculous.
So basically magic mixed with wrestling.
and an angry fire chicken
That is/was Lucha Underground ;-)
just like a shonen tournament
When your black American brother finds himself in wakanda
Lmao
Bana Nzambe allday everyday
@@andydagreat8539 the definition of the name Kongo is belt of the truth
Our smartphone is Kongolese blood
The Almighty God of Israel name is Kongo , King Kong aka King Kongo was the mocked of yesu have u ever wondered why they call us monkey???
I love the part about empowering women and giving children a way to redirect youthful energy into a sport. Also, the sport does provide for income opportunities.
I really wish Vice had sent that skinny awkward white dude they sometimes use. That would've made for some quality entertainment
Like when they send him to investigate Uganda's moonshine epidemic...
I think u mean Hamilton
with the chiken on fire ahahahahah
@@dark3rthanshadows THAT SHIT WAS UNEXPECTEDLY FUNNY AS SHIT
no thank you. I'm tired of white people looking like they are surrounded by Aliens when they go to Africa. We don't behave like that abroad...
The black american dude when the chicken 🐔 was on fire 🔥 🤣🤣 that was gold
lmao he was sooo dramatic lmaoo
My parents never told me of wrestling in congo 😅
Probably bcus this shit is crazy lol
They scared you gonna get lit up like the chicken bro. Shit’s wild
They didn't because they saw it dangerous & too African
"My man in the back with his belinciagas," 😂
so interesting to see how passionate people are about their subcultures
Do you not have a subculture you’re very passionate about?
MY COUNTRY!! Is unique af 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🌍🌍🌍
Brotha e Films tika ndeko!
Brotha e Films there’s no other country like Congo 🇨🇩 we’re something else bmt !
That is madness. I am so surprised that French language is so present through English and even local languages. Is it really that present in RDC?
@@Leynx-Et-Fenrir yes , actual lingala (the national language of DRC) is mixed up with some french words
@@Redy243 Thank you for answering. It is a kind of pidgin or créole then. Anyway, I am always amazed that people use French words or speak French when they can use any other languages...
Next it needs to empower chickens, without the use of fire.
Dan Hayden 😂😂😂😂👍🏾
They already do that it's called cockfighting
Rene Thomsen kinda like they did when they beat the British? 😂😆
I'm sure they ate that chicken the same day
@The NTYR well you calling him a pale demon is pretty racist but sure him joking about how the chicken was lit on fire is offensive 🙄👌
This is awesome first time i seen a documentary about my country where they don't show them as people chasing lion and zebras. I am a proub congolese and this has been a huge part of our way of living
Within 20 years his hair is gonna be as high as Burjkalifa
That moment when an African American realizes that he wouldn’t be able to handle a Real Wakanda...
They wouldn’t lol
Handle the Dutch they did more to you than anybody🤦🏾♂
We don't need Wakanda, we have UFC, MMA, BOXING AND MORE DONINATED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS, OR AFRO BRAZILIANS, TELL ME HOW MANY AFRICANS??😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Nah you couldn't handle real Wakanda, that's why every empire displaces and enslaves you guys😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@JimmyCrackCorn_ enslaving pple has never been and will never be something to laugh about. How u came in with ur weapons and guns and killed us and enslaved us will never be funny. How you gave us fake religion and manipulates us will never be sthg to laugh about. NEVER EVER.
That chicken is a paid actor, he's fine. Just like WWE, it's all fake.
This lingala to Hebrew !!! Mayi ( water ) = Mayim , Bana or Bena ( children ) = Ben , Bala ( Marriage) = Balaah, Matondo mingi ( thank u ) = Tonda the list goes on
Yes Vice! This is more like it! I would have never seen this if not for this story. You guys have always got your name for amazing and unusual reports, let's get it back to that!
I am convinced that all the African Americans that I know that are really big fighters come from the Congo. they even look like the Congolese! Wow!
Mike Tyson is Congolese descent 🇨🇩👍🏾
I also often ask papa Jon for spiritual guidance
fizgig280 and I ask him for extra garlic butter lol
fizgig280 evil
@@Chosenones572 I ask for the cc cookie pie, freshly made!!!
Hey Mikey 😋🤣🤣🤣🤣
7:13 Her dance tho 😂😂🇨🇩
Miss Marth, Shakira and all the other ladies are wrestling queens in my eyes 😸😸😸💗💗💗💗💗
That lady is a boss and deserves the world and more!
I bet you don't want to date her though.
AbNormalFitness 😄😄😄
Native American Cowboy 👍😄😄
@@nativeamericancowboy5028 who wants to date a voodoo user lol
did my man just distract the other wrestler by burning a chicken
Yeah but it had a "magic" shockwave effect on the guys outside the ring as well if you didn't catch it. I think that was cool asf.
5:54 since she mentioned papa john i wanna order a pizza but I lost my appetite cause of the chicken.
Papa john legbo the voodoo god lmao
This is a really cool video, thank you for sharing. I hope to travel to some countries in Africa but until then I’ll be here in Nova Scotia appreciating the videos of all the different cultures 🥰
These journalists really need to be careful when they are doing stories on voodoo/black magic. You’re opening up urself to getting spells casted on u by going to places that practice those things, esp at the 6:00 mark, visiting these ppls homes where they do rituals is never a good idea. Also dont ever drink or eat anything they offer u.
Voodoo is not real... No need to be worried... Wtf ?
its all bullcrap shenanigans 😂 dont worry he will be fine
Why then should eat from atheists then? They can poison your food
Wow!!! I'm more than proud to be an African. Love to Congo from a Beninese who lives in Nigeria!
Hehe salut!
Mind blowing and completely unexpected... Africa is a Continent full of surprises
Me: Mom can we go to the WWE event.
Mom: we have WWE at home.
WWE at home:
This is even better
“Hulk Hogan is a God to me” - yeesh 😳..... should someone tell him?
🤣🤣🤣
so what? a man cannot love another man?? is this not the vice youtube page??
@@user-pi4su6je8p Hulk Hogan is a racist
The Best They couldn’t really translate what he was saying all the way he was not speaking French but his dialect Lingala its a very intense and passionate language
I don't know why so many Africa's worship racist
RUclips need to stop the writing translation "😂
Congo is the real wakanda .....proud being Congolese 🇨🇩
Setting the chicken on fire was inhumane. Play all your vodoo games but don't torture the creatures of God for the sake of your entertainment.
"These are car brakes" - points the camera at a fly wheel
lmaooo
The way he reacted to the burning chicken was priceless LMAO!!!!!
Like Yu-Gi-Oh for Africa... This is crazy even for me as an African that lives in Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦
Not the first time that Christianity tries to erase or exclude the native traditional practices from people's life. In some places in Mexico, the locals opted to expel from their community the catholic religion that kept pressuring them to forget their traditions. Resist! thank you for posting and reading
Watching Mr. Dexter Thomas sit in a witchcraft lounge like it's not a big deal reminds me of the famous GoT quote directed at the warrior John Snow: "...you know nothing"
This is better than anything on WWE right now.
0:23 lmfao wtf that kid going crazy 🤣🤣🤣
This Miss Marth is brutal!!!
They've got the passion and determination, nothing beats that!
The music got me moving the second it started playing!
7:50 "6600 Volts" that's the Gym's name!!!! Man you gotta love Congolese energy and creativity! I grew up in Kinshasa till we moved to Europe but I remember watching some of the biggest fétiche wrestlers on TV. We used to fight about who is the strongest. The "Voodoo" part of it really make these fights MAGICAL and it doesn't matter if it's true, rational or not. People strongly believe in it, so it's real (to them)!! It's not any different to American or Mexican Wrestling, not different to Spiderman, Superman & Co. if you really get the basic human sensation for superpower and entertainement that we ALL have in common.
Vice let me tell you something, In Africa we dont have sexism and battles of sexes, dont come and indoctrinate your crap on us. Incentive fight between sexes in your country. Here we see each other as humans and not men or women. Dont destroy the culture by bringing your sadness to us.
Lol culture? Setting live animals fire is ur culture?!
@@jaydani1996 We have circuses, zoos, seaworld, overcrowded shitty farms, you really gonna play the moral high ground lol?
@@jaydani1996 that's your opinion, buddy
You have your culture, they have their culture
@@lotsapoppa994 yea and that's horrifying but setting live animals on fire is just something else!
I live right next to the Congo and I knew Jack about about this 😂.
appreciate this vice was amazing love wrestling brings people together
The Congo's Catch Fetiche makes Mexico's Lucha Libre look like a game of tag.
0:24 lmao he hyped
Papa John be throwing bluetooth chokeslam's 😁😁
lmao
Notification said: Chokeslam has been downloaded
11:46 theres a lil puertorican 🇵🇷kid lost in the Congo 🇨🇬
parecen hijos tuyos
My Congolese heart is filled with joy. Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts. 🤗
2:03 lmfao 😂😂😂😂
😂😂
Funny 😂😆
Yay humans!
2:05 yo that chicken is still alive this shit had cracking up😂😂😂
This is fake news. Chicken on fire and not even one person ate it. Im black and i had the hot sauce ready. Lol
😂😂😂wtf‼
😂😂😂😂
Funny comment...Made me think of the Dave Chappelle sketch.
@@AfricaGeo i hope it made you laugh. Have a wonderful day👍
the poor chicken.
Having less sometimes is more
5:59 i only call papa john when im hungry.
I aint gonna lie i could Watch this all day
8:01 watch in the background how dude gets back up when he's knocked down during training 😁😁😁
Wrestler: lights chicken on fire
Link would like to know your location
This was so exciting and interesting to watch, well done guys!
3:29 its funny how Mobutu said they should return to their tradition by saying "retour a l'authencité" wich is french and we know what french did to the traditions in those country
Never thought I would be watching this again. "Edingwe Moto na ngege"🔥
Mwana mboka 00243🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩
Mick Foley has left the room...
"That fight was LIT!" well that's true for the chicken
Don't light the Chicken on fire while its still Conscious and alive..
The gym is like those old style underground gyms back in the US.
This was pretty awesome to see. Crazy how much the US influences people from all around the world.
2:05
That kick tho🥶🥶
Aj Styles would never
0:47 Former UFC Welteraweight champion standing on the back of truck
1:45 when you find out that you may be in the wrong Sport.. 🐔🔥😱
Lol
RDC eloko makasi! By the way I am congolese but after living in London, i can sincerely tell you that women condition in RDC isn't that different form women in the UK. The west had this narrative that women in Africa are oppressed but truly sincerely it is not that different. the difference may be in the improvement that the government, the police and the law has made to be fair towards women but in practise it is the same. Hence movement like #metoo
I would love to learn so much more about your country 🙏🏾 it’s a pleasure to meet you
This is absolutely badass !!!! Wrestling with they’re own style to it !! Got me wanted to know more about this
2:06 “Yo that chicken is still alive “😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
7:08 right on the nuts 😂😂 must be a no disqualification match 😁
Me: its 420 somewhere!
Congo wrestlers: light them gotdamn chickens up!
Reminds me a little of mid 90’s ECW...
It’s a fly wheel not a car brake