Cattle Racing (Kaalapoottu) Location – Palakkad, Kerala, India. Cattle race in Kerala Palakkad district (India), have been celebrated during harvest season by farmers. This sport has got a history of more than 200 years. The cattle race Club as a part of the harvesting season organizes the race during the last days of Onam. Cattle race is a festival of farmers and agriculture festival, too. In Palakkad this festival is a unique one, which is conducting in the other parts of Kerela. A special 100 metres track, filled with water and soft mud, was artificially created for the race. Two pairs of cattle run simultaneously on a watery track with their owners. The participating cattle were divided into three categories for the races, namely, bullock-bullock, bullock-buffalo, and buffalo- buffalo. The specialty of the cattle race is that the cattle pair has to cross the 100-meters-long track in the time span of seven seconds. Exif: Device – Nikon D3x + Lens – Nikon AF-S 400mm f/2.8G ED VR AF + Focal Length 400mm + Aperture – F/ 11 + Shutter Speed – 1/2000s + Exposure Mode – Manual + Metering – Matrix + ISO – 500
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 05:46:58 +0000
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