|
EXPLORE
THAILAND THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY |
|
|
|
|
Bullfighting - |
|
กีฬาชนโค |
|
Address: |
|
|
|
|
Known as: |
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rating |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opening time |
|
400 THB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Entry fee |
|
Free |
|
|
Coordinates: |
|
7.476844 N |
100.222609 E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click here to go back to
the previous page |
|
SUB-SITES PICTURES: |
|
|
|
Bull
fighting (all) |
|
Bull
Pairing |
|
Bull preparation |
|
Bull
fighting |
|
|
|
|
|
Site
optimized for IE10 and Screen resolution above 1280X1024 |
Droits de reproduction et
diffusion reserves |
Copyright
© 2015 P-Lepetit.com / Asiaphotos.org |
Contact:
PatrickLEPETIT@hotmail.com |
|