District Attock, Pakistan
Bull Race is a Traditional and Cultural Sport of Punjab. In this race a pair of bulls has to cover 200 to 250 meters within the shortest possible time. Now the Festivals (Mailey) are not organized in large number but this sport's history started in Indo Pak before 1947. These bulls belong to special breed and are trained for racing. These bulls get vip treatment and are served with best food and nutrition, so they ran fast. These Bulls are not meant to do anything else except racing in Village fairs across Punjab.
In this race, the rider usually balances on a slab of wood behind the racing pair of bulls, attached with a rope. He commandeers them with a rope and a sharp stick. The rider screams to excite the bulls and to make them speed like hell. The starting point of bull race is very dangerous if any thing goes wrong then these bulls are not able to reach the finish line. If rider gets a control of the beasts since from the beginning then he can easily win the race with in best finish time. Only few pair of bulls reach at finish line.
As these bulls are very strong and to control them is a much difficult task. At starting point, besides rider some trained people are also present to control this beast. They try to run with bulls for some time so that the bulls can get right direction and rider can get some good starting of race. But still some bulls get out of control and it becomes impossible to get them on right track.
These bull riders are very experienced and have been doing this for years. The expert riders of these bulls are few in number. So Bull owner and landlords hire the best rider for their bulls. These riders are highly paid and also get big prizes from owners and from organizers of that event. But most of the time, these riders are not able to complete the race and bulls escape from them.
*A large number of crowd is gathered to support their favourite bull from all over Punjab. If bull gets out of control during race then situation becomes horrible,as bull starts to ran towards crowd but till now no dangerous incident has happened. These days an ambulance is also present on spot for the safety of crowd. *
When a bull crosses the finish line celebrations are also quite unique. The rider throws his stick into the air to celebrate the victory and people also start dancing,shouting slogans and praising the rider and bull.
These Bulls are very expensive and cost from 5 million to 10 million, but the owner of bull never trades his bulls as these bulls are a source of pride for him.
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