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Tanah Datar, Indonesia - 23 December 2023
1. People hold bulls then release them to race as jockey leads bull to run through puddle
2. Mid of jockey leading bulls running while biting the bull's tail
3. Various of bull racing participants on rice field embankments
4. Villagers playing traditional music
5. People bring bulls into competition arena
6. People install bull plows before race
7. Plow being tied to bull's neck
8. Wide of plow being tied to bull's neck
9. Close of villager's face watching race
10. People sitting in sun watching race
11. Various of bull racing
12. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Khoir Herman, jockey:
"It's hard to make the bulls run straight and I bite their tails to run faster. (Reporter: How long do you train the bulls to be ready to participate in the race?) It takes three to six months to get them ready."
13. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Nery Astuti, local tourist:
"This is entertainment for all of us, especially people from outside the Tanah Datar district. This is really entertainment created nicely for us."
14. People watching
15. Various of bull's racing
STORYLINE:
The traditional bull racing season, known as Pacu Jawi, has kicked off in the Tanah Datar district of West Sumatra in Indonesia.

During the racing events, a jockey rides a pair of bulls, flanked by plowing equipment, while holding a rope and sometimes biting the tails of the two bulls to make them run faster.

Jockeys are equipped with a plow made of bamboo as a foothold when the race starts.

Traditional music mingles with the sound of mud splashing between bulls' hooves during the race which runs from midday to sunset.

Pacu Jawi is an annual event held for four consecutive weeks in four sub-districts in Tanah Datar.

The traditional race has been a longstanding tradition for centuries where it was originally an activity carried out by farmers after the rice harvest season, where farmers and villagers gathered to meet each other while holding races as entertainment, before the planting season started.

Pacu Jawi, which is held in muddy rice fields owned by the local community, is different to bull racing in several other provinces in Indonesia as the bulls don't have an opponent.

They are assessed on the straightness of their running and the time they take to cover the distance.

Khoir Herman, a jockey who took part in the race, said "it's hard to make the bulls run straight and I bite their tails to (make them) run faster."

Pacu Jawi is not just entertainment for the villagers but also attracts tourists.

"This is entertaining for all of us, especially people from outside Tanah Datar district," said Nery Astuti, who drove more than 60 kilometres to see the bull racing.

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