Mirip di Indonesia, Begini Keseruan Balapan Kerbau di Thailand

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Mirip di Indonesia, Begini Keseruan Balapan Kerbau di Thailand

Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images - detikTravel
Jumat, 01 Jul 2022 05:37 WIB

Chonburi - Sejumlah warga berkompetisi di balapan kerbau tradisional di Thailand. Kegiatan tersebut juga menandai awal musim tanam padi. Yuk lihat keseruannya.

Racers run with their buffaloes in a traditional buffalo race during the rice-planting festival in Chonburi on June 26, 2022 to celebrate the start of paddy-sowing season. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Pembalap berlari dengan kerbau mereka dalam balapan kerbau tradisional selama festival menanam padi di Chonburi, Thailand, Minggu, (26/6/2022).

Racers run with their buffaloes in a traditional buffalo race during the rice-planting festival in Chonburi on June 26, 2022 to celebrate the start of paddy-sowing season. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Jika di Indonesia dikenal dengan karapan kerbau dan pacu jawi, rupanya Thailand juga punya kompetisi yang mirip yang dikenal dengan sebutan balapan kerbau. Kerbau-kerbau itu berpacu melintasi sawah yang basah dan berlumpur.

Racers run with their buffaloes in a traditional buffalo race during the rice-planting festival in Chonburi on June 26, 2022 to celebrate the start of paddy-sowing season. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Kompetisi ini merupakan tradisi tahunan yang juga menandai awal musim tanam padi.

Racers run with their buffaloes in a traditional buffalo race during the rice-planting festival in Chonburi on June 26, 2022 to celebrate the start of paddy-sowing season. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Seorang pembalap atau joki berada di belakang kerbau sebagai pengendali agar kerbau berpacu mengikuti lintasan.

Racers run with their buffaloes in a traditional buffalo race during the rice-planting festival in Chonburi on June 26, 2022 to celebrate the start of paddy-sowing season. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Salah seorang joki mengakui bahwa tradisi itu bisa jadi berbahaya. Jika kerbau berlari terlalu dekat satu sama lain dapat menyebabkan kecelakaan. Joki harus berhati-hati.

Racers run with their buffaloes in a traditional buffalo race during the rice-planting festival in Chonburi on June 26, 2022 to celebrate the start of paddy-sowing season. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Kerbau dan jokinya berpacu di lintasan basah berlumpur saat festival menanam padi di Chonburi, Thailand.

Mirip di Indonesia, Begini Keseruan Balapan Kerbau di Thailand
Mirip di Indonesia, Begini Keseruan Balapan Kerbau di Thailand
Mirip di Indonesia, Begini Keseruan Balapan Kerbau di Thailand
Mirip di Indonesia, Begini Keseruan Balapan Kerbau di Thailand
Mirip di Indonesia, Begini Keseruan Balapan Kerbau di Thailand
Mirip di Indonesia, Begini Keseruan Balapan Kerbau di Thailand
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