{"id":84902,"date":"2020-01-14T02:11:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T20:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12951"},"modified":"2020-01-14T02:11:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T20:41:40","slug":"bull-tamers-gear-up-for-jallikattu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bull-tamers-gear-up-for-jallikattu\/","title":{"rendered":"Bull tamers gear up for jallikattu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Jallikattu, a popular bull taming sport held during Pongal is all set to take place in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Jallikattu:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jallikattu is called as Eru thazuval or embracing the bull.The festival is a Tamil custom celebrated on the day of Mattu Pongal,the day after Pongal (harvest festival).<\/li><li>The term \u2018jallikattu,&#8217; comes from Tamil terms \u2018salli kaasu&#8217; which means coins and kattu which means package tied to the horns of bulls as prize money.<\/li><li>An ancient reference to Jallikattu is found in a seal discovered at Mohenjodaro which is dated between 2,500 BC and 1,800 BC.The festival also finds a mention in the Sangam literature.<\/li><li>During the festival,Bulls of indigenous breeds mostly Kangeyam are specially prepared for the event by providing them with sumptuous food and care.<\/li><li>On the day of the festival,the bulls are let loose from an enclosure(vaadi vaasal) and participants attempt to subdue them.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other Bull taming sports:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Hori Habba:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hori Habba\u2019 is a popular bull-catching event in Karnataka.It is held during the harvest season.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It is an ancient folk game native to Haveri district, and played on the lines of Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu and Kambala in Dakshina Kannada district.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Kambala:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kambala is traditional slush track buffalo race that is held annually in coastal districts of Karnataka.<\/li><li>During the festival,buffalo pairs are made to race one after another in paddy fields as a thanksgiving to the Gods for protecting the animals from diseases.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Jallikattu, a popular bull taming sport held during Pongal is all set to take place in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. Facts: About Jallikattu: Jallikattu is called as Eru thazuval or embracing the bull.The festival is a Tamil custom celebrated on the day of Mattu Pongal,the day after Pongal (harvest festival). The term \u2018jallikattu,&#8217; comes&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bull-tamers-gear-up-for-jallikattu\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bull tamers gear up for jallikattu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[2015],"class_list":["post-84902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-jalikattu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700785178,"cached_date":1704670878},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}