Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A controversial bull-taming festival has kicked off in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu with more than 12,000 bulls registered for the fights despite concerns from animal rights activists.
Music videos, such as "Takkaru Takkaru" by Hiphop Tamizha, and on Facebook videos to talk about jallikattu and its benefits inspired the protestors. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] There were also claims that the indigenous cattle bulls are critically endangered in Tamil Nadu and banning jallikattu will have the adverse effect of wiping them out completely.
Jallikattu (or Sallikkattu), also known as Eru Taḻuvuṭal and Manju-virattu, [2] is a traditional event in which a zebu bull (Bos indicus), such as the Pulikulam [3] or Kangayam breeds, [4] is released into a crowd of people, and many people attempt to grab the large hump on the bull's back with both arms and hang on to it while the bull attempts to escape.
Maramadi is a type of cattle race conducted in Indian state of Kerala. It also known as Kalappoottu , or pothottam . The race is a traditional event, usually with bullocks , held after the monsoon but before the cattle are needed for planting.
The Jallikattu festival in southern India takes place amid a carnival-like atmosphere and the events are part rodeo and part running of the bulls. AP Photos: Celebrating south India's bull taming ...
Clips of the footage, which was posted online by BBC, showed the bride making her way into the chapel arm-in-arm with her father and her wedding party straightening out her dress.
Jallikattu is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language independent action thriller survival film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery with a screenplay by S. Hareesh and R. Jayakumar, based on the short story Maoist by Hareesh. [2]
Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said ...