Bulls Facing Clay
(9 years ago)Farmers in Thailand have put their bulls against each other in a tough race in the middle of the mud. The contest, marks the start of the annual rice planting festival in Chonbury, east of the Bangkok capital. The sheep, bound by wooden powders on which even the seed bearers stood, ran through the mud. [...]
Farmers in Thailand have put their bulls against each other in a tough race in the middle of the mud.
The contest, marks the start of the annual rice planting festival in Chonbury, east of the Bangkok capital.
The sheep, bound by wooden powders on which even the seed bearers stood, ran through the mud.
The annual event attracts numerous viewers, and farmers themselves say the race is a way to keep bulls in Thai agricultural culture, with plowing being mainly done with tractors.
