- Title: India's traditional buffalo race draws thousands
- Date: 12th December 2021
- Summary: MANGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA (DECEMBER 11, 2021) (ANI - No use India) HUGE CROWD OF SPECTATORS GATHERED GUESTS ON STAGE MAN RUNNING WITH BUFFALOS PEOPLE CONTROLLING BUFFALOS AFTER FINISH LINE VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS RUNNING WITH BUFFALOS SPECTATORS PARTICIPANTS RUNNING WITH BUFFALOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPECTATOR, SAYING: "(It is) like a festival for us. Every year we come and watch it, we celebrate here. We love to watch the buffalos running and it is like a grand festival over here." VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS RUNNING WITH BUFFALOS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO CONTROL BUFFALOS
- Embargoed: 26th December 2021 07:37
- Keywords: India Kambala Mangaluru buffalo race farmers paddy fields tradition
- Location: MANGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA
- City: MANGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001F7QEBM7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Farmers participated in the annual buffalo race, 'Kambala', in India's southern Mangalore city on Saturday (December 11), marking the harvest season in the region.
'Kambala' is a buffalo slush track race conducted in Karnataka as a tradition wherein more than 200 pairs of buffalos participated this year.
Around 18 Kambalas are held in one season, which starts after the harvest in November and ends in April, in different villages. The rural sport was banned for three years and the ban was lifted in 2017.
'Kambala' is popular among rural masses and generally takes place in wet rice fields. The winning pair of buffalos is rewarded with a cash prize, but, traditionally it is a non-competitive sport in which buffaloes run in the field one by one. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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