Fighting on Christmas: brawling as self-governance in rural Peru
研究了秘鲁高地圣诞节期间公开斗殴仪式Takanakuy，发现它有效解决了当地社区纠纷，弥补了正式司法系统的不足，并促进了社会合作。
Abstract This paper analyzes the Peruvian highland tradition of Takanakuy, a public brawling ritual occurring each Christmas to resolve conflicts between local community members. We argue that Takanakuy provides an effective way for locals to resolve disputes that Peru's formal judicial system is unable or unwilling to settle. Using insights from ethnographic fieldwork, journalistic articles, reports, and academic sources, we find that brawling during Takanakuy encourages social cooperation by preventing potential violence and offering community members a credible mechanism of law enforcement in an orderly fashion with social acceptance.