16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
The more mud. The better.

Mud ball wrestling festival was held hundreds years ago in Vietnamese village. The players covering with mud, playing with wooden ball looked like a soldiers of Gods that protected the village people. The moment of the ball flying ahead the lens made me specially feeling. it was not a match, it was a rituals of the village Gods that was held hundreds year ago.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2018
Date Uploaded: 05.2018
Photo Location: Bac Giang, Vietnam
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Copyright: © Viet Phuong Tran