Jallikattu, a bull-taming sport, which is an age-old occasion performed historically in components of Tamil Nadu throughout the Pongal harvest competition, this yr crossed the ocean and leapt into neighbouring Sri Lanka. Jallikattu is being organised for the primary time within the island nation in Trincomalee.
Lankan Jap Province Governor, Senthil Thondaman, and Malaysian MP Saravanan Murugan flagged off the occasion on Saturday, reported information company ANI.
As many as 200 bulls are anticipated to take part whereas 100 bull-tamers queued as much as play the game in Trincomalee. Greater than 100 police personnel have been deployed for the protection and safety of members and viewers.
Thondaman, who hails from Tamil Nadu’s Sivagangai district, has been made the in-charge of organising the Jallikattu occasion.
Within the sport, which is believed to have been practising for two,500 years, a bull is launched into the group whereas a tamer tries to seize the hump on the bull’s again in an try and cease the bull from going amok.
Animal rights organisations have known as for a ban on the game, contemplating the danger of accidents to members and the bulls.
SUPREME COURT ON JALLIKATTU
In 2014, the Supreme Courtroom imposed a ban on the bull-taming sport. Nevertheless, the Tamil Nadu authorities handed an ordinance to permit organisation of the game, with just a few restrictions. Famend leaders and actors in Tamil Nadu additionally supported the ordinance, with most people protesting in opposition to the highest court docket’s ban on the game.
After lengthy protests by the folks of Tamil Nadu and the state authorities defending Jallikattu as a “cultural occasion”, the five-judge structure bench of Supreme Courtroom upheld the Tamil Nadu authorities’s ordinance permitting the game in Could 2023.
WHAT DOES SRI LANKA ORGANISING SPORT MEAN?
Organising Jallikattu in Sri Lanka showcases the shared heritage between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka by the cross-border celebration.
“We can be conducting Jallikattu, Rekla races, Silambam fights, boat races, and we have now plenty of occasions related to Pongal that are taking place right here,” Tondaman stated as quoted by ANI, including, “We’re proud that the cultural occasions are restored with the Tamil neighborhood.”
BULL-TAMING SPORT IN TAMIL NADU
Jallikattu was flagged off in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai district on Saturday. On the inaugural day, as many as 500 bulls took half within the occasion.
Nevertheless, 29 folks had been injured quickly after the bull-taming sport kicked-off amid mega fanfare. The injured have been shifted to Thanjavur Medical School.
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