THE RURAL RACES
Kambala is a buffalo race event popular in the coastal region of the state of Karnataka in India. Kambala is performed on two parallel race tracks, filled with slushy water over a distance of 140 meters and usually completed in 12 seconds. Two teams of buffaloes along with their jockeys’ race towards the finish line on the two parallel race tracks. The jockey or Kambála runner is the man commanding the buffaloes and races along with them. The runner controls the buffaloes with a whip or ropes.
The venue will be home to hundreds of buffaloes and their caretaker teams, just like how automotive races consist of race cars and their crew over a period of two days. Being a day and night event it a spectacular sport and entertainment for villagers and is delight for tourists and photographers.
