The intersections of greco roman wrestling to the present day experience of cholitas in arenas in Bolivia I found fascinating. I didn’t realize or fully appreciate, previous to reading the article, how wrestling came to be in the Americas or the impact it has in so many pockets of livelihood. The breakdown of the art is done through the lens and voice of different wrestlers throughout history. I thought this was well done and tied well at the end when the writer of the article explains the best way to understand wrestling fully is to hear it from the wrestlers themselves. And, of course this is how it was done here in this text. The succession of players in this field was interesting to read and hear how they almost all piggyback on each other but add their own flare or piece of individuality to the mix. The emphasis on marketing was also interesting to me. Especially in this beginning about how they had to market it in the beginning to gain favor, etc. Then, working into the more detailed perspectives of the field where certain people are being exploited and many people are pushed into different fractions of the work. Then moving onto how the inceptions of wrestling were rooted in theatre, dramatics, and the circus. The classification of the ring or  stage where the wrestlers perform and tell their story still having undertones of its circus origins was interesting as well. 

“Closely linked to the ancient symbolism of the ritual, that is, the dramatization of the basic dilemmas of human existence. This spectacle enacts the greatest of these dilemmas: the struggle of man against man.” In the symbolic sense, victory and defeat are easily understood concepts.” (pg.17) The last piece i’ll mention is the narrative or story within a story that is going while we/ or the audience rather is witnessing or collectively experiencing together. Which is one of good vs. evil or a karmic working out of everyday angst or frustration about a less than fair world or one of great misfortune sometimes. Now, this role playing of the good one or the evil one who prevails is a way for the individual to gain some kind of reckoning with this internal battle happening. As a community practice I think it’s very healthy and effective way to deal with this internal problems someone may have. Or, what a community may have but are compartmentalizing into the status or narrative the wrestler or cholita is fulfilling.