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A Pasola rider reacts after throwing his spear during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village on March 22, 2014 in Sumba Island, Indonesia. The Pasola Festival is an important annual event to welcome the new harvest season, which coincides with the arrival of  “Nyale” sea worms during February or March each year. Pasola, an ancient ritual fighting game, involves two teams of men on horseback charging towards each other while trying to hit their rivals with “pasol” javelins and avoid being hit themselves. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A Pasola rider reacts after throwing his spear during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village on March 22, 2014 in Sumba Island, Indonesia. The Pasola Festival is an important annual event to welcome the new harvest season, which coincides with the arrival of “Nyale” sea worms during February or March each year. Pasola, an ancient ritual fighting game, involves two teams of men on horseback charging towards each other while trying to hit their rivals with “pasol” javelins and avoid being hit themselves. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Sumbanese people perform ritual during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Sumbanese people perform ritual during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




A sumbanese child riding his horse as attending pasola festival in Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A sumbanese child riding his horse as attending pasola festival in Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




A Sumbanese woman shows a bowl of sea worms during Nyale ritual as part of the Pasola war festival at Wainyapu village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A Sumbanese woman shows a bowl of sea worms during Nyale ritual as part of the Pasola war festival at Wainyapu village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Pasola, an ancient ritual fighting game, involves two teams of men on horseback charging towards each other while trying to hit their rivals with “pasol” javelins and avoid being hit themselves. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Pasola, an ancient ritual fighting game, involves two teams of men on horseback charging towards each other while trying to hit their rivals with “pasol” javelins and avoid being hit themselves. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Sumbanese people walks to their village after collect the sea worms during Nyale ritual as part of the Pasola war festival at Wainyapu village in Sumba Island. The Pasola Festival is an important annual event to welcome the new harvest season, which coincides with the arrival of “Nyale” sea worms during February or March each year. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Sumbanese people walks to their village after collect the sea worms during Nyale ritual as part of the Pasola war festival at Wainyapu village in Sumba Island. The Pasola Festival is an important annual event to welcome the new harvest season, which coincides with the arrival of “Nyale” sea worms during February or March each year. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Sumbanese men carry a pig as prepare for cook during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Sumbanese men carry a pig as prepare for cook during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Sumbanese men prepare pigs for cook during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Sumbanese men prepare pigs for cook during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




A Pasola rider throwing his spear during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A Pasola rider throwing his spear during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Pasola game is played by the Western Sumbanese to celebrate the rice planting season. Two different groups of men from different clans or tribes throw wooden spears to the opponent while riding a horse. It is a game that requires a high skills and usually turns into a bloody fight. In the Sumbanese ancient beliefs, the spilled blood will fertilize the land and multiply the output of the paddy. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Pasola game is played by the Western Sumbanese to celebrate the rice planting season. Two different groups of men from different clans or tribes throw wooden spears to the opponent while riding a horse. It is a game that requires a high skills and usually turns into a bloody fight. In the Sumbanese ancient beliefs, the spilled blood will fertilize the land and multiply the output of the paddy. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
25 Mar 2014 07:54:00