Millions of festivals exist all around the world that portray different traditional and religious beliefs of people. From celebrating the adolescence to enjoying with the tomatoes, each festival definitely has something to say. One such festival that many might be staying unaware of is the epic and the really exciting cow racing festival that is held in Vietnam, by the Khymes in An Giang.

2.  Millions of festivals exist all around the world that portray different traditional and religious
beliefs of people. From celebrating the adolescence to enjoying with the tomatoes, each
festival definitely has something to say.
 One such festival that many might be staying unaware of is the epic and the really exciting
cow racing festival that is held in Vietnam, by the Khymes in An Giang. The festival may
actually sound weird but it entails several things and features that make it quite special, even
for the non-Vietnamese people. In case, you haven’t seen a Vietnam’s Cow Racing festival,
read further to get a small glimpse about the event.

4.  The Cow Racing festival is actually held for paying respect to the ancestors of the
Khymes. Every year this festival takes place either during the late eighth or during the
early ninth part of lunar month.
 The festival is held at Niu Bay which is also known as the seven mountains, in the An
Giang province. Organized basically on a typically flat rice field, measuring about 200
X100 meters, with respect to the length and width respectively, it is made sure that this
respective field is absolutely muddy.

5.  In fact, it is quite mainly because of this muddiness that this festival is largely known to be
popular. So much so is the field made muddy, that some people actually claim that there is
no muddier festival as this one. This unique and really exciting festival is generally held
when the farmers generally prepare for their respective autumn-winter paddies.

7.  Initially this cow racing festival, as per some of the Buddhist monks, was held in one really
large and a vast rice- field. This was done by a senior monk in a Khymer pagoda, not just
for the cows of this one village but also for the cows of the other respective villages as well,
to know which pairs of the cows can run really fast and also to know which of them are
quite strong enough for the sake of ploughing.
 However, with years rolling by, this cow festival soon took the shape of a fun-filled sport,
that was held for both as a holy occasion along with providing entertainment to the
villagers.

9.  Cows can bring good luck to them. And it is due to this, these villagers don’t sell these
cows; instead they keep them quite like an asset or a precious property. So, the next time,
you get the chance to visit Vietnam, don’t ever miss this awesomely spectacular event of
cow racing.

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