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The German IWF (a scientific institute for documentary films of all kinds – nature, society...) began recently to add previews to the items in the film catalog.

In its collection, IWF has around 20 films on native/folk styles. It already added previews of the films on wrestling of Nuba and Kaba in Africa and of “Xingu Indians” in Amazonia.

Here you can watch the previews of 2 films on Nuba wrestling

Nuba in Kordofan, Sudan, 1963
http://www.iwf.de/iwf/do/mkat/detail...Signatur=D+920

Nuba in Khartum, Sudan, 1989
http://www.iwf.de/iwf/do/mkat/detail...ignatur=D+1774


The 1963 film shows the Nuba in their native areas in Kordofan.
The 1989 film shows the “modernization” - Nuba migrants in the capital Khartoum.

Compare also the pictures in this gallery of Nuba Wrestling in Khartoum in 2006:
http://www.pbase.com/travelling_terr...north_khartoum

and these photos taken in 1949:

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another film from Africa: Kaba wrestling in Chad, 1964
http://www.iwf.de/iwf/do/mkat/detail...ignatur=E+1220

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Two films, both from 1964, on wrestling of Waura – one of the ca. 15 "Xingu Indian" tribes in Upper Xingu Park, Amazonian area, Brazil

http://www.iwf.de/iwf/do/mkat/detail...Signatur=E+995

http://www.iwf.de/iwf/do/mkat/detail...Signatur=E+996 ladies wrestle


Wrestling photos of “Xingu Indians”

Xingu 2003
Indians from various tribes of the Alto Xingu park practice 'Huka-Huka' wrestling at the Yawalapiti village in Alto Xingu in the lower Amazon, July 20, 2003. The 'Quarup' festival of the dead is celebrated in this Indian village in honor of the Orlando Villas-Boas, the last of four brothers who founded the Indian park where the Yawalapiti live. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker



Xingu 2005
Indians from various tribes of the Alto Xingu park practice 'Huka-Huka' wrestling during the 'Quarup' festival of the dead at the Waura village in Alto Xingu park in the lower Amazon August 14, 2005. The 'Quarup' is a ritual performed by the Indians of the Xingu region in Brazil in homage to their dead. In this ceremony, they not only honor past heroes, but also seek to pass on their virtues to the younger generations, keeping them alive in the spirit and practices of the tribe. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes


Other sources:
http://members.aol.com/rtwinam/Xingu.html
http://www.wehaitians.com/amazon%20i...%20spirit.html