Tally ho!: Water buffaloes racing across a muddy field with men riding behind them past cheering spectators in eastern Thailand. — AFP
ChonBuri: Sloshing across a muddy field with men close behind them, prized water buffaloes blow past cheering spectators in eastern Thailand in a rare display of bovine speed.
Tractors have largely replaced the big beasts in daily work but farmers in Chonburi have preserved the more than 100-year-old racing custom to mark annual rice plantings.
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