Seven Mountains Bull Racing

The Bay Nui bull racing festival is a unique feature of An Giang province, a distinctive form of agricultural festival of the Khmer ethnic group in this region of Southern Vietnam. The festival showcases the beautiful and humane traditional culture of the Khmer people in the mountainous areas of Tri Ton district and Tinh Bien town.

Vietnam.vn presents to you the video " Seven Mountains Bull Race" by author Le Hiep Loi, filmed in Binh Thuan. This video was submitted by the author to the "Happy Vietnam" photo and video contest, organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications .

The Bay Nui Ox Racing Festival is a festival of the Khmer ethnic group in Southern Vietnam. Rich in folk cultural identity, the traditional ox-pulling plow racing festival is a unique cultural activity and sport in the Bay Nui region of An Giang province.

To this day, no one remembers exactly when bull racing originated. In the past, it was called "going to the bull's den," and later it was called racing. It was a time when Khmer farmers in Southern Vietnam, after harvesting their rice, would gather their bulls in the large courtyards of Khmer temples to plow the land as a ritual to pray for a bountiful rice harvest. Then, from the bull's den, they would organize races. The winning pairs of bulls would receive prizes from the monks and abbots, sometimes including a yoke, a plow, a harness, or a bell.

In reality, the Bay Nui Bull Racing Festival is a popular sporting and recreational event for farmers after long hours of hard work in the fields...

In 2024, the "Happy Vietnam" photo and video contest continued to be organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications in collaboration with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists on the website. https://happy.vietnam.vn is open to all Vietnamese citizens and foreigners aged 15 and above. The competition aims to honor individuals and groups with positive informational products that make practical contributions to promoting a beautiful image of Vietnam to the world. Through this, it helps people at home, overseas Vietnamese, and international friends access authentic images of Vietnam, its people, its achievements in ensuring human rights, and working towards a happy Vietnam.

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