Wednesday, May 22, 2013

This is Traditional Indonesian Cow Race


Indonesia has a rich culture and a culture in Indonesia is the traditional use of animal racing competitions. This is a unique and traditional races native to Indonesia. What type of race is native to Indonesia? Here's the answer.
Madura Bull Race
Karapan beef cow race is a race that originated from Madura, East Java. For most of the Madurese, cattle races are not just a party of the people or events held each year are inherited from generation to generation. But for the people of Madura cattle races are a form of symbolic prestige can raise the dignity of the Madurese, because cows are used to match the cows are very good quality course with special treatment anyway.
Madura Island is not only known as a producer of salt, but also producing cows are very good quality racing. Not infrequently the owner prepares beef cattle pacuannya by giving a special massage and food was not less than 80 eggs per day, so stamina and strength of the beef cattle maintained.
Even the beef cattle preferential treatment in some houses there that decorate the garage looks not with the car but instead of the cow that was in the garage. Understandably due to the game-winning cow can reach Rp 75 million per tail.
In celebration of this cow races, cattle owners pride at stake. If they can win the game, in addition to the prize money derived from gambling are also typically present they get. If they lose this game, self-esteem and their owner fell out money that does little for the cow races. Because treatment of cows before the game is expensive, and usually they hire in order to keep the cow survived the quack attack spells from their enemies.
This great celebration cow races held once a year, but to get to the finals must meet several stages first.
There are two kinds of celebrations races in Madura cattle. The first is President of Regent Cup and Cup. Regent Cup is usually held for two in a year. The Regent Cup winners usually will proceed to the President Cup matches. For the moment the photographer is good at Regent Cup.
In cattle races, the spectators were treated to not only beef and agility racing the jockey. Before starting the owners usually do a ritual procession around the cow race seronen accompanied by musical instruments, musical instruments typical blend Madura making this celebration a more festive.

Length of the trajectory of the cow races between 180 to 200 meters that can be reached within 14-18 seconds. Certainly a very fast pace cows. Besides bamboo shrewdness jockey sometimes used to tread the jockey in the air due to the rapid speed of the beef cow.
To gain speed and increase the rate of the cow, the base of the tail contained cows fitted with a belt full of sharp nails and flicked his whip jockey who was also given a sharp thorn in the direction of cow butt.
Of course these cuts will make cows run faster, but also cause sores around the rump of a cow. After playing the cows were given a break some time so that the wound was healed.
Cows that competed in races with only 2 to 3 times only and should not be.
Distance winner difference sometimes very thin, even less is only 1-2 seconds, and sometimes it makes the losers protested. But they are given the opportunity to compete again with the losers. Moment of joy for the winners were awarded in addition, they also usually get the bets gift. In addition to winning cattle prices soaring price.
Makepung in Jembrana
Makepung which in Indonesian means romp, is a traditional buffalo race that has a long runway attached to the people of Bali, especially in Jembrana regency. This tradition originally just game farmers conducted on the sidelines of plowing activity in the harvest season. At that time, they quickly clashing with spur buffalo tied to a cart and driven by a jockey.
The longer, original fraudulent activity is growing and many people have become increasingly attractive. Now, Makepung has become one of the most interesting cultural attractions and watched by tourists including foreign tourists. Not only that, the buffalo racing competition has become an annual event in Bali tourist and professionally managed.
Today, Makepung not only by the farmers alone. Employees and employers of the city too much to be a participant and supporter.
Moreover, in a great fight, Governors Cup for example, participants who attended Makepung could reach about 300 pairs of buffaloes or even more. Was a very festive atmosphere with the presence of the musicians jegog (Balinese gamelan made of bamboo) to enliven the atmosphere of the race.
When starting contested in 1970, the rules and the completeness of the Makepung participate undergone some changes. For example, a buffalo that was just, now a pair. Then, cikar or carts are used for large-sized jockey, now replaced with a smaller one.

In addition, participants buffalo Makepung now also more 'fashionable' in the presence of various kinds of ornaments in the form of a crown-mounted buffalo head and a green or red flag in each cikar. Meanwhile, the arena Makepung a U-shaped ground track along the 1-2 km. Unlike the Madura cattle races are race or other event, Makepung have a slightly unique rules. Winner of this race is not only determined by who or where the buffalo couples who managed to reach the finish line first only, but will also be determined from the distance between those competing.
That is, a participant will be deemed the winner if he be in the forefront when it reaches the finish and was able to keep the distance with participants in tow, as far as 10 meters.
However, if the spouse who is behind the buffalo could narrow the distance with participants in front of him, to be less than 10 meters, the pair behind the buffalo that is what will come out as winners. The race finished in a matter of eight to ten minutes in each of his races.
Pacu Jawi in Tanah Minang
Tanah Minang Pacu Pacu Jawi or the so-called Beef is one of the cultural events that are currently well known from West Sumatra. At first the farmers ox runway and surrounding communities Tanah Datar to fill activity after harvest was over.
Pacu Jawi is usually held three times a year in Tanah Datar. If you do not know many who think this ox racing in Madura, because it's known for his cow race is Madura area. It is similar but not the same.
Striking difference from the runway at Tanah Datar ox with cow races Madura is land use. If using ground beef flat races as the arena, while using ox runway was wet paddy fields. So if you photographed looks more dramatic and more get a nice moment.

The philosophy of the runway ox is the leader and the people can walk together. This is why cows are used to spur Jawi there are two tails, and the winner was not decided who could run the fastest, but the person who is always straight like a straight road higher value. Unique removable runway ox alone and not mounted opponent. It is said that this method was made in order to avoid frequent bets on every race.
Originally runway ox pure entertainment to farmers after the harvest, and it is this which makes runway ox interesting, fun, and different. Equipped with a plow jockey runway made of bamboo as a stand when the race begins. It turns out the device is one of the tools used by farmers to plow their fields. Because of its uniqueness, ox racing has become one of the characteristics of West Sumatra, especially for areas Tanah Datar and Fifty Cities.
Sources: http://besoklagiaja.blogspot.com/2013/05/inilah-balapan-sapi-tradisional.html

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