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horse racing

Looking back at the bloodiest race in the Greek arena

Horse racing is an activity that takes place in many countries, but if you are in an ancient Greek arena then you will have to shiver because of their bloody.

Ancient Greece was famous for its extremely developed civilization. They are also redeemers of cultural and sporting activities.

The name Olympic comes from the venue of this Games, which is the city of Olympia, where the temple of Zeus, the supreme deity in Greek mythology. Like the modern Olympic Games, the ancient Greek Olympic Games are held every 4 years.

According to historical records, the first Olympic Games was held in 776 BC, 2788 years ago. Ancient Greek Olympic Games (684 BC) had horse racing. Horse racing is a popular sport in the ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine empires, … attracting viewers no less than other dangerous and dramatic sports.

This sport is included in the ancient Olympic games as a competition all Greece (Panhellenic Games). The track is approximately 195 meters long, with the number of draft horses varying depending on their nature and appearance.

The drama on the track, the danger for the participants and the horse all make the audience feel excited and nervous waiting for the winner. It is not known when they actually took place, but the first mention of this game came from Homer – one of the greatest and most famous poets in ancient Greece.

Horse racing is also a sport only for the wealthy aristocracy, because only they can afford to buy the rare thoroughbred horses and pay the participation fee. The size of the organization was also what made equestrian racing no less than any sport at that time, extremely large squares were built for this sport.

With a length of 400 meters, a width of 200 meters, can accommodate up to 40,000 for the audience. Hippodrome is truly an impressive arena with bloody fights of gladiators and dramatic horse races.

By the 6th century AD, horse breeds in Arab countries in the Middle East were well known.

These horses are superior to other horse breeds and are incredibly fast. Arabian horse breeds have since become a very rare breed, making European desires so far. If many other sports forbid women from watching, horse racing is an exception, so the number of viewers is no less than any other sport.

Sports for animals

Tough way to ban the festival of buffalo fighting in India

The ban on races and cattle fighting in India often faces protests from people and many festivals are still taking place informally.

In January every year, thousands of people in southern India, mostly young people, took to the streets to protest to lift the ban on the organization of the Jallikattu bull and bull festival.

In 2016, the Indian Supreme Court ruled that all races or competitions using animals were banned. Earlier, in 2014, the Court also directly banned Jallikattu.

However, the Jallikattu festival still takes place in Tamil Nadu state earlier this year and attracts thousands of followers. In the same month and more than 3,000 km away, buffalo fights also took place “secretly” in the state of Assam.

Indian officials’ ban on animal-related sports activities often faces opposition across the country and entails exemptions and exemptions.

Backing animal protection organizations is prohibited

Jallikattu is a festival with thousands of years of history in southern India. On the festive season, the buffaloes and cows will be bound and confined to agitation. When the door opens, crazy “buffalo” runs out, festival participants will try to tame them by holding the buffalo hump for as long as possible.

From 2008 to 2014, the Jallikattu festival was once allowed under special conditions and under the supervision of the Indian Animal Rights Commission. Investigations during this time showed that the organizers did not take any measures to protect animals from abuse or ensure the safety of participants.

Buffaloes are beaten, dragged, jumped on themselves. On the human side, according to First Post statistics, from 2010 to 2014, at least 17 people were killed and 1,100 injured when participating in domesticated buffaloes and buffaloes at the Jallikattu festival.

But the 2014 Supreme Court’s ban did not work. The bull-and-cow festival is still taking place and protests in the state of Tamil Nadu earlier this year led the state governor to issue an executive order to eliminate Jallikattu from the scope of the Cruelty to Animals Act of India.

The governor’s decree was passed by the Tamil Nadu state parliament and received the support of the prime minister, paving the way for pure buffalo festivals to continue from now on.

Protests against the Jallikattu ban in Tamil Nadu state

However, the protesters were still not satisfied, they requested a legal measure to secure the future for Jallikattu and even demanded a ban on animal protection organization PETA in India.

A local official also admitted that the ban was not easy when it was a tradition of the people.