| Background
Of Bull Racing
 Bullrace
is one of Madura's culture, which become the special characteristis
of Madura Island. The beginning of the bullrace originated
from the fact that Madura is not so fertile that is not
good for agriculture, instead the Madurese cath fish and
breed cows and bulls which are also used for farming especially
to plough the fields where paddies or second crop plants
are grown.
A man named Syeh Ahmad Baidawi
who firstly introduced the weay of working the soil with
using bamboo sled pulled by two bulls known as " Nanggala
or Salaga ". He was actually a proselytizer who came
to Madura to spread up Islam but also taught Madurese the
way of ploughing the fields. From this new knowledge that
he had taught, he got tittle as "Pangeran Katandur"
(Prince of Planter).
The early purpose of bull
race event is to get strong bulls for ploughing. The Madurese
take care of the bulls and compete them in ploughing their
fields as soon as possible. In this way the idea of competing
come into existence and then developed into organized sport
called "BULL RACE". The bull race soon becomes
annually activities carried of every year especially when
harvest on the fields has finished.
The Condition Of
Bulls To Race
 The
condition of the bulls which are allowed to compete should
have some requirements such as :
- The bulls are of Madurese stock and
color or original of Madurese
- They have to be healthy and strong
- Their teeth should have fallen out
The Technique of
The Bullrace
 The
race is conducted in a series of elimination heats between
winners and loosers of proceeding heats. It completely has
four phases that consist of:
- The first phase in which all the bulls
compete in two pairs to set apart the winners from the
loosers (both the winners and the loosers still have
a chance to compete again):
- The second phase or the pre selection
heat the winners compete against the winners and the
loosers compete against the loosers to decide the winners
of the winners and the winners of the loosers (in this
phase both the loosers do not allowed to compete again)
- The third phase or the semi final
is to determine three pairs winners of the winners and
three pairs winners of the loosers ;
- The fourth phase is the final will
decide the first, second and third champions of the
winners and of the loosers
How To Take Care
Race Bulls
 It
is a pride for Madurese to have a race bull. Therefore the
bull owners will be very much happy and proud if their bulls
win in the bullrace championship.
To take care race bulls
need much money for the bull owners have to prepare a variety
of fodder, especially when they have been the champion.
Leave of corn, bean and soybean trees and good grass are
the special fodder for the race bulls. Besides that, the
mixer of traditional spices like crushe ginger, peper, chili,
honey, beer and tens even hundreds of eggs believed to warm
and strengthen the bulls. The mixture is later forced into
the mouth of the bulls with using a bamboo lath.
To make the bulls strong
and health the bull owners sometimes also massage them by
treading their backs, train every weekly and at times lulled
to sleep especially when the racing day is approaching.
* The Use of Magic
Power
Three or four days before the racing day
come, bull owners and their families crowd the surrounding
of the racing track looking for good parking for the bulls,
as on this particulary day black magic is common use among
the bull owners. In this case, the one tries to over power
bulls from the other. Fashing for the bull owners is also
prepared as such is believed to give them the inner power
and strength to defeat the black magic of others.
When The Bullrace
Held
 Bullrace
competition is always held in September, October and November
every year, but one can also see bullrace when he needs
if he serve first to the Tourism and Cultural Service, Husbandry
Service or Paguyupan Kerapan Sapi (Group of Bull owners).
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