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| Racing Cow in Madura |
Karapan sapi is a cow ( sapi ) race that came from Madura, East Java, for most of
the Madurese karapan sapi is not just a party of the people or events
held each year which are inherited from generation to generation. In
this race, a pair of cow interesting sort of wooden trains (where the
jockey standing and controlling the cow pair) driven in the race couples
race against other cows. But
karapan sapi for the Madura is a symbol of prestige that can raise the
dignity of the Madurese, because cows are used to match a very good
quality beef course with preferential treatment anyway.
Madura Island is not only known as a producer of salt, but also producing quality cow is very good race. Not
infrequently the owner prepare cow by providing
special massages and meals are not less than 80 eggs every day, so
stamina and strength is maintained . Even
preferential treatment is in some beef cattle that adorn the house
appears there is not a vehicle car garage but even the cow that was
digarasi home. Understandably due to the cow who won the game could reach Rp 75juta per tail.
In celebration karapan this cow, cattle owners pride at stake. If they can win the game, in addition to prize money gained from betting too often rewards they get. If merkea lose in this match, self-esteem and their owners fell out money that does little to karapan this cow. Because
cow treatment before the game is expensive, and usually they hire
shamans to keep the cows survived the attack spell - spell their
enemies.Big celebration was held a cow karapan times a year, but to get to the finals must meet several stages first. There are two kinds of celebrations karapan dimadura cow, the first is the President Cup and the Regent Cup. To
Regent cup usually held 2x a year, the winners of this cup regents will
usually continue the game to the President of the cup, for the moment a
good photographer is at the regent cup. Because
the cup is usually held regent suburban, the dividing line is only made
of woven bamboo that make this event more traditional, but the safety
factor Regent Cup karapan cow is very less so be careful at the moment
to take photos. Lively after regents cup is the President Cup, the event was very lively and crowded. Since
most who follow the President Cup this usually is the winner at the
Regent Cup, the event was held in the city of Bangkalan and celebrations
between September or October.
In
the event karapan cow the audience not only treated cows and agility
racing the jockey, but before the start of the owners usually do the
ritual procession of cows accompanied disekelilingi race seronen musical
blend of musical instruments typical Madurese making this event a more
festive.
The length of the route path karapan cow between 180 to 200 meters, which can be completed within 14 to 18 seconds. Certainly
a very fast pace cow - the cow, but sometimes bamboo shrewdness jockey
who used to tread the jockey floating in the air due to the rapid speed
of the beef cow. To
gain speed and increase the rate of the cow the jockey, the base of the
cows that are fitted with a belt full of sharp spikes which flicked his
whip and the jockey who was also given a cow's rump towards sharp
thorns. Of course these cuts will make the cows run faster, but also cause sores around the cow's ass. After
playing the cow was given some time to heal the wound, but the cow is
dipertandingan dikarapan is only 2 to 3 x only and should not be given
the game more.
Proximity
winners sometimes the difference is very thin, indeed, they often only
within 1 to 2 seconds, and this sometimes makes the losers protested. But they are given the opportunity to compete again with the losers, and a happy moment for the winners. In addition to their gift, usually bet jg gifts they get. In addition to winning cattle prices could soar price.
Karapan Sapi is a very unique show, in addition to already inherited one
generation to the tradition is also preserved until now. These
events serve as a tourism event in Indonesia, and not only local
tourists from abroad too many who witnessed this cow karapan. Hopefully in the future more festive and event betting that adorn the cow karapan be lost.
