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Pacu Jawi - The Cow Races After The Harvest

by DYAH KUSUMANINGRUM

Indonesia

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Pacu Jawi (cow race) is held at a muddy rice field and is usually carried out after harvest season. The jockey rides on a bamboo plough while holding on only to the cow's tail.
Pacu Jawi (cow race) is held at a muddy rice field and is usually carried out after harvest season. The jockey rides on a bamboo plough while holding on only to the cow's tail.
Unlike other races, "Pacu Jawi" is carried out one by one, the winner being the jockey who is able to lead both their cows straight forward until the finish line. This symbolizes the belief of how life should be lived "straight-forward" and honestly.
Unlike other races, "Pacu Jawi" is carried out one by one, the winner being the jockey who is able to lead both their cows straight forward until the finish line. This symbolizes the belief of how life should be lived "straight-forward" and honestly.
Uda Mansur - Brother Mansur. One of the Jockeys just after his race, after having fallen in the mud.
Uda Mansur - Brother Mansur. One of the Jockeys just after his race, after having fallen in the mud.
From youth, the children of Tanah Datar West Sumatra already begin their training to become future Pacu Jawi jockeys.
From youth, the children of Tanah Datar West Sumatra already begin their training to become future Pacu Jawi jockeys.
Children run gleefully across a field that will soon be used for the next Pacu Jawi race. Now, these races have become a world-known spectacle.
Children run gleefully across a field that will soon be used for the next Pacu Jawi race. Now, these races have become a world-known spectacle.

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