16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Mud ball wrestling game.
Mud ball wrestling festival to be held on the forth lunar month every four year at Van village-BacGiang city-Northern Vietnam. This is a traditional game that two team with total 16 local young men try their best to bring the wooden ball- 20kg in weight-back to the hole in the muddy field (about 200 square meter). The local people believe that this festival will bring a favourable weather and a bumper crop to them.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 05.2018 |
Date Uploaded: | 08.2018 |
Photo Location: | Bac Ninh, Vietnam |
Camera: | DSC-RX10M4 |
Copyright: | © NHIEM THE |