15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Holding on to the tails and taking off at a Pacu Jawi ( Cow race)event in West Sumatra, Indonesia
A pair of cows run a muddy course of about hundred meters. The objective is not to be the fastest but to finish the course in a straight line and with maximum possible grace.A jockey positions himself on a wooden contraption fixed to a harness, holds on to the tails and occasionally bites them to egg on the cows.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 11.2017 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2017 |
Photo Location: | Payakumbuh, Indonesia |
Camera: | Canon EOS 5D Mark III |
Copyright: | © Pavel Chakraborty |