Karapan Sapi (buffalo racing) is traditional animal racing sport from Madura. Karapan sapi is similar to chariot races in the Roman era. This race ussually held between August - October.
History Of Karapan Sapi
Karapan Sapi is native culture of Madura, which has been known since the 14th century. At the beginning, sapi/bull used only for transportation on Madura. Madura soil is unfertile for farming, so they become fishermen or cattlebreeder. Once upon a time a cleric Syeh Ahmad Baidawi (Pangeran Katandur) introduces a new method of farming by using a pair of bamboo known as "Nanggala" or "salaga" drawn by two cows to plowing the rice field. After using this plowing technique they can improve soil fertility so that it can be used for farming. At the past they use bull race to find strong and fastest cows for plowing the rice fields. Nowaday karapan sapi has become a tradition that was held to celebrate the harvest time.
Karapan Sapi Gameplay
First Round : all contestant compete each other in order to separate the winning bull and the loser one.
Second round : winning bull vs winning bull and loser bull vs loser bull, to get the best bull on teach side.
Third round /semi final : Once again top bull on the 2nd round compete each other to get the top 3 both on winning side and loser side.
Fourth round / final : All the top 3 on winning side and loser side compete each other to determine champion I, II and III.
