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• A kind of bull-fight, called the 'Jallikattu' is held in Madhurai, Tiruchirapalli and Tanjore in Tamil Nadu,on the fourth day of the harvest festival..Pongal.

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• Bundles containing money are tied to the horns of ferocious bulls, and unarmed villagers try to wrest the bundles from them.

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• Jallikattu' or bull fight' played in Madurai, Trichy areas are more ferocious than …..

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• ….the bull fight which is the beloved sport of Latin speakers in Europe and south America.

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• People from near by villages assemble in the place where the event is held.

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• The bamboo scaffoldings can hardly stand the charging bull…yet the curious onlookers never take it seriously.

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• This sport (I wonder if it can be called a sport at all!) is generally compared with that of Spanish bull fight. But I see a lot of difference between the two. Decide for yourself after seeing this video.