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2025-09-16 10:17

Skirts swirl and hats fly on a soccer field in Jenesano in central Colombia, as the "Smelly Ones" face off against the "Fillies" in a football extravaganza celebrating women farmers.

Every year in August, women in this region of small-scale dairy and vegetable producers come down from the pastures and plots in their traditional garb of layered skirts, rubber boots, ponchos and hats to show off their footwork.

The Botas, Ruana y Sombrero ("Boot, Poncho and Hat") tournament was initially founded as an outlet for Jenesano's men 12 years ago.

But such was the demand from their wives, sisters and cousins that a women's tournament debuted the following year.

"We can and know how to play really well," said Luz Mery Contreras, who wore the Colombian national jersey under her poncho.

The teams' names — the Smelly Ones, the Fillies, the Ticks, the Beans — are a riff on country living.

Beans captain Contreras, 39, sees the tournament as a showcase of traditional "campesino" (small-scale farmer) culture, which allows women, who she said are usually "forgotten about", to have a chance at glory.