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 Description:   Bull Fighting is not something you may have associated with Thailand but it is a very popular event in the Southern provinces, the largest events are held over the traditional public holidays of New Year and Songkran and are staged in both purpose built stadiums  or simply on cleared open farm land.
Normally there is one fight a month on Saturday or Sunday except on a Buddhist holy day, the sport is very popular in  the Southern provinces of Thailand and has spread to provinces in the north such as Kamphaeng Phet, Sukhothai and Phitsanulok.
This form of fighting is nothing like the bull fighting of Latin America or Southern Europe, here it is more of a clash of wills along with the thunderous clashes of horns and fore-heads of the male Water Buffalo, which brings the audience to their feet and not the murderous intent of a matador.
In this ancient gladiatorial sport the animals are not maimed and killed to satisfy the blood lust of the crowd nor is there a desire to see the animals suffer, in this competition it is down to one of the two 600kg, testosterone fuelled buffalo’s in their natural desire to be the ‘Boss’ to win the day by encouraging their opposite number to turn tail and run away.
 
 Province   Phatthalung  Direction:      
 District   Bang Kaeo    
 City   Na Pakho  Comments:      Official Web:    
 Genre   Local life      Related links:    
 Best exposure   AM - PM          
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 Opening time   400 THB          
 Entry fee   Free     Coordinates:    7.476844 N 100.222609 E  
                     
                     
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