Chonburi stages Buffalo Racing Festival

 

   

CHONBURI (NNT) - The 148th Buffalo Running Festival in Chon Buri was attended by a large number of people this year as usual. The event is held annually to preserve the province’s cultural heritage. Chonburi’s 148th Buffalo Racing Festival was held on October 12, 2019, in front of the Muang Chonburi District Office in Chonburi province. The opening ceremony was presided over by Culture Minister Ittiphol Khunpluem. In the morning, there was a buffalo cart parade of over one kilometer in length which was observed by a large number of people and both Thai and foreign tourists.

 

Apart from the must-see buffalo racing, the festival offered a wide range of fun-filled activities that have been created to also mark the importance of the buffalo in Thai history, such as, the Most Healthy Buffalo Contest, Buffalo Fashion Contest and a retro parade of beautifully-decorated buffalo carts. Other highlights included a Miss Farmer Beauty Contest, Thai local sports contest, a fair selling OTOP products and presenting performances.

 

Buffalo racing has been held each year for a long time on the 14th day of the waxing moon of the 11th lunar month which marks the end of the rainy season and the arrival of winter when the harvest has been completed. The event was initiated as a way to express gratitude to the buffaloes after working for farmers in the previous months by beautifully decorating them and feeding them generously

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2019-10-14

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I wonder if them Buffalos I bought years ago will be in the race?

Ah yes the Thai cultural events, we went one last week and experienced the famous thai cultural ''dual pricing '',followed by the famous Thai cultural ''drive home on the most dangerous roads on the planet'' ...

Edited October 13, 20196 yr by mok199

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

I wonder if them Buffalos I bought years ago will be in the race?

Did they not get sick?

They have these regularly now in soi Yodsak whenever a rich falang passes through.

Surprised there were enough healthy buffaloes left after the epidemic that seems to affect those owned by Pattaya girls.

3 hours ago, mikebell said:

Surprised there were enough healthy buffaloes left after the epidemic that seems to affect those owned by Pattaya girls.

actually the most common thing I heard over the years in Thailand is that the girl who has a child says "father die".  well maybe, but the number of times I heard it seems pretty high

I went to this event many times over the years. It was unforgettable for the foreign teachers I took there - not least of all for the married couples who I took on a side trip to Gogo bars in Pattaya....

 

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The crowd loved Hover Buffalo's debut at this yrs fest' .. 

 

21 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

The crowd loved Hover Buffalo's debut at this yrs fest' .. 

 

Looking at that picture does make you wonder how the rider is secured to the buffalo ? Something akin to a lynch pin by the look of it.