Madura Island is not only known as a producer of salt, but also producers of cow is very good quality racing. Not infrequently the owner prepare cow cow pacuannya by giving special massage and food not less than 80 eggs per day, for stamina and strength of beef cow is awake. Even preferential treatment cows was seen in some houses there that decorate the garage but the car is not even the cow that was digarasi home. Understandably because for the cow who won the match to reach the price of USD 75juta per tail.
Karapan sapi is big celebration was held 1 in a year, but to get to the finals must meet several steps first. There are two kinds of celebrations karapan dimadura cow, the first being the President of Regent Cup and Cup. To Regent cup is usually held 2x a year, the winners of this cup regents will usually continue the game to the President Cup, to the great photographers moment is when the regents cup. Because of the regents cup is usually held dipinggiran city, a boundary line is only made of woven bamboo that makes this event the more traditional, but the safety factor Regent Cup karapan cow is very less so be careful when taking a photo moment. Lively after the regents cup is the President Cup, the event was very festive and lively. As most who follow the President Cup this usually is the winner at the Regent Cup, the big event was held in the city Bangkalan and celebrations between September or October.
The length of the route passes the cow karapan between 180 to 200 meters, which can be reached within 14 to 18 seconds. Certainly a very fast pace cow - the cow, in addition to jockey shrewdness sometimes bamboo that is used to step on the jockey flying in the air due to the rapid speed of beef cattle. To obtain and increase the speed the rate of cattle is the jockey, base of head of cattle are fitted with a belt full of sharp spikes that flicked his whip and the jockey who was also given the sharp spines towards the posterior calf. Of course, this wound will make the cow run faster, but also cause sores around the cow's ass. After the match, these cows are given some time for the wound healed, but the cow that dipertandingan dikarapan only 2 to 3 times only and should not be given the game more.
Proximity winners sometimes the difference is very thin, even not rarely is only 1 to 2 seconds, and this sometimes makes the losing party in protest. But they are given the opportunity to compete again with the losing, and when that happy for the winners. In addition to their gifts, usually presents jg bet they got. In addition to winning cattle prices soaring price.
Dimadura Bull Race is a very unique event, in addition to the fall have inherited this tradition also decreased awake until now. These events serve as a tourism event in Indonesia, and not only local tourists from foreign countries who are watching too much karapan this cow. Hopefully future event more festive and decorate bets karapan cow can disappear. If you stop by to Surabaya, it never hurts to see the schedule and watch karapan cattle.
