Sport

Sports in Indonesia generally refer to football, badminton and table tennis. But there are many traditional sports in Indonesia. They are bull races, bull fights, rowing, and ram fights, all of which are held as part of special festivities. Bull Race is an annual event here. Here the bulls are decorated with flowers, ribbons and gilded halters and paraded through the towns. The Renggong Horse Contest is an annual event held every year on September at Sumedang. In this festival the horses and jockeys exhibit their dancing skills in a heated competition. Silat is a form of martial art, can be performed as a dance or an exercise and is comparable to Karate or Kung Fu.

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