Bull wrestling

Bull wrestling, cow fighting or bull fighting is a non-lethal bloodsport between bulls or cows found in some parts of the world.

Not to be confused with Bullfighting.
Tōgyū, or "Okinawan bullfighting", is a traditional sport in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

Balkans
Korida in Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Korida, from corrida, or borbe bikova ("fights of bulls") is a traditional sport in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Grmeč, a mountain in the extreme west of Bosnia, is the best-known site of bullfights in the Balkans. They are called the Korida of Grmeč (Grmečka korida) and have been organised on every first Sunday in August for over 200 years, attracting thousands of visitors. These are fights between bulls themselves and there is no death of a bull. Fights happen in an empty field.[1]

The korida of Grmeč was depicted by the sculptor Slobodan Pejić. The sculpture of two bulls in a fight, made in bronze in 2004, has been compared to a confrontation of the oppressor and the oppressed or of the Bosnian people and the Austrian Emperor.[2]

Croatia

In Croatia, koridas are traditionally organized in Dalmatian Hinterland region. [3]

Turkey

Bull wrestling in Turkey is known as boğa güreşi (literally "bull wrestling"). Each year in the third week of June, the Kafkasör (Caucasus) festival takes place in the city of Artvin. At the beginning of the festival, certain rules are applied in order to save the bulls from injury. For example, if a bull retreats from the fight, it means defeat, etc.[4]

East and Southeast Asia
  • Tōgyū, or "Okinawan bullfighting", is the traditional sport of the Ryukyu Islands, in which two bulls attempt, as in sumo wrestling, to push one another out of a ring.[5]
  • Sossaum (Korean: 소싸움) is a traditional sport of Korea, in which two oxen are pitted against each other.[6]
  • Bullfighting is also observed by the ethnic Hmong/Miao minority in China, Vietnam and Laos. Bulls are selected by age, horn length and size. They are enticed to fight usually after new year's or summer events. They are usually non-lethal events and bulls that carry the opposing bulls will get the most points if it is a draw. The loser is usually the bull that flees first even if winning.

Western Asia
Bullfighting in Oman

In Oman and the United Arab Emirates two Brahman bulls are presented to each other and allowed to lock horns and fight, while their handlers hold ropes to separate them if necessary.[7][8] The origins of bullfighting in Oman are unknown, though locals believe it was brought here by the Moors who had conquered Spain. Its existence in Oman and the UAE is also attributed to Portugal, which colonized the Omani coastline for nearly two centuries,[9][10] and also introduced bullfighting to Omani Zanzibar.[11]

South Asia

India

Dhiri or Dhirio (Konkani: धिरी,धिरयो) is a popular form of traditional bull wrestling in the state of Goa, Coastal South West India. It was the weekend entertainment staple for most villages. Many families lived off the earnings made on appearance money and bets alone.[12] The Panaji Bench of the high Court vide order dated 20.12.96 directed the State Government to take immediate steps to ban all types of animal fights including Dhiri organised in the State of Goa, which was finally banned in 1997.[13] Dhiri bullfights are still very popular in Goa despite the ban. There have been demands for legalizing Dhiri.[14]

Nepal

Every year on the day of Maghe Sankranti in different districts of Nepal bull wrestling is organized. The most oldest and popular bull wrestling of Nepal is of Taruka, Nuwakot, 75 km away from Country's capital. It is believed to be started more than 200 years ago as source of entertainment. Many people from around the country visit Taruka to witness this event. Other than Nuwakot bull wrestling is also organized in Dhading and Rasuwa.

Kenya

The Luhya community in Kenya practices a bull-on-bull sport.[15]

Views of the Muslim World League

On 17 October 1987, the Muslim World League issued a fatwa declaring bullfighting and animal pits to be forbidden under Islamic law.[16]

Bullfighting statue at Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Folk Arts and Crafts Museum, Bangladesh

See also

References
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  2. (in Slovene) Vanda Mušič (ed). Bassin, Aleksander. Kokot, Staša. Slobodan Pejić. Self-published by Vanda Mušič Chapman. 2007. ISBN 978-961-245-325-1.
  3. (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Nepoznata atrakcija u Hrvatskoj: Borbe bikova | Panorama | DW | 26.07.2017". DW.COM (in Bosnian).
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  5. Susan Sered Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Bar-Ilan University (12 February 1999). Women of the Sacred Groves : Divine Priestesses of Okinawa: Divine Priestesses of Okinawa. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-0-19-535233-7. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  6. The National Folk Museum of Korea (South Korea) (30 October 2014). Encyclopedia of Korean Seasonal Customs: Encyclopedia of Korean Folklore and Traditional Culture Vol. 1. 길잡이미디어. pp. 225–. ISBN 978-89-92128-92-6.
  7. Diana Darke (2010). Oman: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-1-84162-332-0. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  8. Bullfighting à la Batinah. Rough Guides. Archived 8 September 2014.
  9. "Mangalorean.Com- Serving Mangaloreans Around The World!". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  10. Ibrahim Abed; Peter Hellyer (2001). United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective. Trident Press Ltd. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-1-900724-47-0. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  11. Africa Analysis: The Fortnightly Bulletin on Financial and Political Trends. Africa Analysis. 2004. p. cxxxi. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  12. Kamat Maad, Govind (Oct 22, 2008). "Dhirio: Bullish about a banned fight". The times of India. TNN. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  13. India. Parliament. House of the People (1998). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 152.
  14. "UGDP claims credit for legalising dhirios". O Heraldo. 26 Mar 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  15. "In pictures: Wild crowds for Kenya's 'humane' bull-fights". BBC News. June 10, 2019.
  16. حكم الملاكمة ومصارعة الثيران والمصارعة الحرة |
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