Buffalo race celebration in Western Karnataka, India
Kambala is traditionally a very simple sport which provides much needed entertainment to the village people. The 'track' used for Kambala is a paddy field filled with slush and mud. The contest generally takes place between two pairs of buffaloes, each pair raced in wet rice fields, controlled by a whip-lashing farmer. In olden days, the winning pair of buffaloes was rewarded with coconuts and a bunch of plantains and nowadays, gold coins, silver coins are given in some competitions, cash award is also in vogue. Some organizing committees award eight gram gold coin as first prize. Event will continue throughout the day and late evenings depends on participants. These are not regular buffaloes, but they are developed for this purpose only and carefully fed and some owners of the buffaloes have even built separate swimming pool for competing buffaloes and air conditioners too.
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Location: Mangalore, India
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