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Tamizh JalliKattu Pongal Bull Taming Festival - Mela, Dairy Bulls Breeding, Animal Husbandry and Sports
Jallikattu Festival is an interesting example of a community based traditional
sports festival of India. The festival happens on no less than an epic scale.
As with all else in modern post British India, there are controversies surrounding
the Jallikattu festival and its regulation by the state.
Jallikattu Bulls Festival happens annually in the month of January, in the
villages of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Jallikattu Bull Festivals ( Manju Virattu) are a four day harvesting festival each year during the winter month of January. It is vigourously practised in Tamil Nadu districts like Madurai, Pudukottai, Tiruchirapalli and Thanjavur.
In 2024 this Tamil annual festival was held at Avaniapuram, Palamedu, Alanganallur.
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Jallikattu is a complex example of the centrality of sports in traditional India, and especially in some regions of Tamil Nadu, specifically Western and Southern Tamil Nadu. While on the face it is one of the folk events that are part to Tamil rural life, it has been complexly woven into the fabric of Pongal and harvest celebrations of Tamil Nadu.
Such a festival is a reminder to us of how complex sports events have been organized and managed traditionally, at the village levels for more than two thousand years. The importance of such events in maintaining and developing Indian dairy livestock breeds, genetic lines, and introducing genetic variations is remarkable.
As per 2024 registration statistics, there were more than 12000 bulls and 5000 tamers registered for various village events. The registration statistics are as follows: 2,400 bulls and 1,318 tamers for Avaniapuram Jallikattu, 3,677 bulls and 1,412 tamers for Palamedu Jallikattu, and 6,099 bulls and 1,784 tamers for the Alanganallur event.
In terms of the prices of Jallikattu bulls, the expert breeders can make handsome amounts, if their bulls go untamed. The bulls are aggressive and have the power of endurance, while they are very vigorous and strong. Apparently, the price of a 6-month-old male calf would be over Rs 30,000. If a mature bull is undefeated in Jallikattu, its price could go up to Rs 5.50 to 6 lakh.
To us at FiftyGolds, Jallikattu Festival represents a complex weaving together of rural life, agricultural practices, community fabric of a large region, Indian dairy and livestock breeding science, decentralized animal husbandry practised by village custodians of animal husbandry wisdom, martial traditions of Tamil villages, training of young men in human animal interactions, As a spectacle it is an example of ungated and action filled sports as entertainment.
Of course, sports is not just about medals. And Jallikattu is a prime example of how sports can be a celebration of local community, traditional wisdom, agricultural excellence and the skills and prowess of a young aspirational contemporary generation.
The very fact that one has prepared, kept oneself fit and well, looked after the body and the mind, and competed with the best in the world, without fear or favour. That itself is the Medal. A medal that life gives everyone of us.
But a medal would be nice if one competes on the biggest stage for India.
A medal is also a reflection and validation that a nation has the necessary processes, infrastructure, systems and talent in place to aim for the best, at the important stages on which sports is played. And of course, the fans are happy.
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