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Cow Race Festival
The Cow Race Festival is a unique cultural tradition of the Khmer people of Tinh Bien and Tri Ton districts. The race track is an even ground, 60 m wide and 170 m long, surrounded by elevated land that is used for the spectators. On the ground, there is a line that divides the track into two lanes, each 90 m long and 4 m wide. On the festival day, two cows are each tethered to a harrow. There is a pedal consisting of a flat piece of wood, 30 cm wide and 90 cm long, on the frame of the harrow, under which are the cogs of the harrow. Each cow is controlled by a chief-man (Nai), who stands on the pedal. Every year, the Cow Race Festival is organized as part of the Don Ta Ceremony (the worshiping ancestral ceremony) on the last day of the tenth lunar month (around in December)of the Khmer calendar.
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