Locals in West Sumatra, Indonesia, celebrated a successful harvest with a traditional bull race on Saturday (31 Aug).

The bulls don't usually race against each another. Instead, jockeys are judged on their ability to get two cattle to run together across a muddy rice field about 250m long, as straight and as fast as possible.

Tio, a resident of Tanah Datar District, said that "the cow race competition is a big event for the people of West Sumatra because it's a sign that farmers are happy after harvest".

Spectators come from all over West Sumatra and are often as entertained by the jockeys who are unable to control their steeds as the ones who can.

This is one of the traditional sports in the province of West Sumatra precisely in the flat land that is hundreds of years old, namely the cow race or also called "PACI Jawi 'August 31 2019.

Tio, a resident of Tanah Datar District, said that "the cow race competition is a big event for the people of West Sumatra because of the sign that farmers are happy after harvest or in the summer which is held in the muddy rice fields to become a competition arena" This cow race has a rule that the jockey must be able to control 2 cattle running straight in a muddy rice field area of ​​approximately 250 meters.

the jockeys who couldn't control the two cows that left the arena became their own entertainment for spectators who came from various regions in western Sumatra.