Spring bull fighting festival

Spring bull fighting festival in Cao Bang In Cao Bang, every spring, people from highland ethnic groups get excited to attend the bull fighting competition in Ha Quang, Bao Lam and Thong Nong districts. For the Mong ethnic people, bull fighting is a traditional culture and a festival in spiritual and cultural life, demonstrating diligence and creativity during a year of hard work. According to belief, the cow is closely associated with the Mong people who live in the mountains and forests with many wild animals. To protect itself and the homeowner, the cow often competes with wild animals... forming the instinct to enter battle if there is a threat from an opponent. Therefore, the Mong people value cows, choose solid wood, cut planks to make clean, beautiful cow barns and take care of them carefully. Choosing and training cows is passed down to the next generation from previous generations. The bull fighting contest was held with the expectations of the people and the excitement of the cow farmers in the land with the most "cow kings" in the province. The contest is a place to meet and exchange experiences of cow farmers, and at the same time is an "arena" with dramatic and attractive matches of bulls. After a round of sightseeing, admiring the beautiful cows, their bodies have harmony between the head and neck, body and shoulders... a large number of spectators gathered mainly at the bull fighting arena. The bulls were led into the ring by their owners amid the loud cheers of thousands of spectators. Some matches last less than 1 minute due to the bravery, agility and strength of the trained bulls, but there are also many fierce matches lasting 10-15 minutes with many attractive fights... all of which create an extremely exciting atmosphere. Like the Bull Fighting Festival in Ha Quang district, the Bull Fighting Festival in Bao Lam district is held on January 18 - 20, and the Bull Fighting Festival in Thong Nong district is held on January 26 every year. Mong people have hobbies and passions. Any family that has a big and strong cow will find each other and take the cow to fight during their leisure time and during the January New Year. Before the competition, let the cows rest for 1-2 months and eat corn kernels. Fighting bulls that compete a lot will be very smart and know how to measure their strength against their opponents. In battle, a smart fighting bull will lure and trick the opponent to attack first. When it is tired, it will attack fiercely to "knock it out". At the same time, fighting bulls know how to listen to the owner's signals... The unique feature of the District Bull Fighting Festival is that the fighting bulls, after the end of the festival, will be kept by their owners to take care of them, use them as plowing power, and train them so that they can show their talent during next year's festival season. This is also an opportunity for cow owners to demonstrate their abilities in raising and training fighting cows. Some prize-winning cows are sought after by many people for 70 - 80 million VND/head; Or come and ask for seeds to multiply. The spring bull fighting festival of localities has become a traditional festival to honor good livestock farmers and is an opportunity for farmers to exchange and learn experience in raising cows, develop the economy, and contribute to poverty reduction in the locality.