Animal Festival Or Ritual
28 entries in the Animal Festival Or Ritual compendium.
Bull wrestlingNon-lethal bull contests across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.Cock throwingA Shrove Tuesday blood sport involving throwing sticks at a tied rooster.Combat de ReinesCows fight for dominance in Swiss Valais, not humans.Day of the GeeseA Basque competition to decapitate a greased goose over a harbor.Dog Meat FestivalAnnual summer solstice event in Yulin, Guangxi, China.Dree FestivalApatani agricultural festival centralised in 1967.Elephant FestivalA Jaipur festival featuring decorated elephants, polo, and tug-of-war.Festa do Peão de BarretosLargest rodeo in the Southern Hemisphere, held annually in Barretos.Gadhimai festivalA Hindu festival featuring large-scale animal sacrifice in Nepal.Gai JatraNewar festival honoring the deceased with cow processions.Goat throwingA Spanish goat-throwing festival tied to Saint Vincent's day.Golden Eagle FestivalAnnual Kazakh eagle hunter festival in western Mongolia.KapparotJewish atonement ritual using chickens or money.Life releaseBuddhist practice of releasing captive animals for merit.Lustleigh ShowAnnual country show in Devon since 1887.Mysore DasaraKarnataka's ten-day festival of good over evil.Naga PanchamiA day of serpent worship rooted in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions.October HorseRoman horse sacrifice to Mars marking war and harvest.PeijaisetFinnish memorial feast for a slain animal, especially the bear.Pushkar FairAnnual livestock fair and Hindu pilgrimage in Pushkar, Rajasthan.Rapa das Bestas of SabucedoA wild horse roundup using only body strength.Running of the bullsAn event where participants run ahead of loose bulls through streets.Sulcus primigeniusRoman ritual plowing a city's sacred boundary.Tiruvarur Chariot festivalAncient Tamil festival featuring one of the world's largest temple chariots.Toro emboladoA Spanish festival with a bull bearing burning balls on its horns.Widecombe FairAnnual Dartmoor fair known from a folk song.World Animal DayInternational day for animal welfare on October 4.Yak racingA traditional spectator sport at festivals across Central and South Asia.
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