Chokaj Ch'ajom
Chokaw Ch'ajomob are a type of Pitz fans renowned for their violent display of fanatical support and religious fervor. The term mean in Mutli : "Drop-scatterers" in reference to the blood they often spill.
Actions like the exhibition of choreographies, the use of flares, wave and display of flags and banners, and coordination of chants accompany by bass drums, flutes, and trumpets, all of which are designed to create an atmosphere which encourages their own team and intimidates opposing players and supporters. They also look to attack rival fans, especially river Chokaw Ch'ajomob, which lead to fights with them generally before or after matches. Many associations of Chokaw Ch'ajomob style themselves as protectors of their team's supporters against rival attacks.
Participants in a "Blood-Scattering" often select locations away from stadiums to avoid arrest by the police, but conflict can also erupt spontaneously inside the stadium or in the surrounding streets. The religious fervor and mysticism surrounding Pitz games have led to rivalries between Pitz teams to turn into religious quasi-wars, which have led in the most extreme cases to the death of Drop-scatterers, Police officers, and bystanders alike. Riot police may have to intervene some of the most violent Blood-Scatterings.
Those who have the time and money may follow their chosen team to away matches and engage in Chokaw Ch'ajom behaviors against the Drop-scatterers of the Home team. While national-level groups do not exist, individual Chokaw Ch'ajom may use a collective name indicating their allegiance.
Behaviour
Chokaw Ch'ajomob practice a wide range of behaviors both during and outside of a match. During a match, they often exhibit complex choregraphies accompanied with music to welcome their team and scare their opponents. They vocally support their players through songs and prayers while displaying flags and banners, and may throw insults or spit at supporters of the opposing team. Throwing objects onto the Court is considered by Chokaw Ch'ajomob to be a grave offense and a profanation and rival gangs have been known to spontaneously form temporary truces to punish such acts, even if committed by people from their own gang.
Before or after the match, Chokaw Ch'ajomob form processions in the city's streets, singing and playing music while displaying their banners and showing their team's colors. They'll then seek out conflicts with the opposing team's supporters, leading to fightings either unarmed or with sport bats, bottles, rocks, Rebar, knives, machetes, firearms and, famously, barbed wires. They may also spray graffitis mixing sport and religious imageries to promote their teams.
Drop-scatterers do not make a distinction between their daily life and their "supporter" life. They consider their activities to be part of a religious way-of-life. They collect merchandises of their teams and built altars to their favorite players whom they consider to be gods. They tattoo on their bodies the faces of said players and the imagery of their team, merged with religious scenes such as representations of Xibalba and its gods or of the Night Sun. They proudly display their tattoos and promote their way of life, making them easily spotted even outside of matches by the police or bystanders.
Causes
"Drop Scattering" has factors in common with juvenile delinquency and "ritualized violence". It can be explained by a number of factors relating to interaction, identity, legitimacy and power, and generally help to reinforce a supporter's sense of identity. What really distinguish the Chokaw Ch'ajomob from other forms of hooliganism is the deep, and proudly displayed, religious connotation, and Drop Scatterers groups have modus operanti and imageries similar to those of a Cult. This is strengthened by the inherent religious aspect of Pitz games.
Outsiders have also criticized the manner the Divine Throne ignores Chokaw Ch'ajomob, seemingly considering that they aren't a problem. Government officials do not collect numbers of incidents and crimes related to Drop Scattering events, and when the police does arrest Drop Scatterers the justice system often gives them lenient punishments. Foreign sport studies have emmitted the hypothesis that the Mutulese government, or at least the majority of its provincial branches, perceive Drop Scatterings as an outlet for social violence, and are thus unwilling to stop it when they aren't actively enouraging it.
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