ANNUAL COW DUNG
CAKE BATTLE
G'day folks,
I bet you are dying to become involved in this. Every year,
the people of Kairuppala, a village in India’s Andhra Pradesh state, engage in
an epic cow dung cake battle that often leaves dozens injured. They believe the
tradition brings them good health and prosperity.
Mounds of dried cow
dung cakes are heaped in the center of the village, and thousands of devotees
split into two groups, the Veerabhadra Swamy side and the Bhadrakhali
side. As participants arm themselves with cow dung cakes in one hand and towels
in the other (for protection), thousands more villagers climb on nearby
rooftops and in trees from where they can watch the battle without getting hit
with a smelly projectile.
When the signal to start the battle is given, the two sides
start flinging pieces of dried cow dung at each other, and keep at it for about
a half an hour. They don’t hold back at
all, and some combatants do end up with some minor injuries, which are treated
with cow dung ash at a village temple. This year, about 50 people were injured
in the cow dung cake battle.
But, just like in the legend that inspired this traditional
battle, the ending is always a happy one, with the two sides coming together to
celebrate the union of their two deities.
The annual cow dung cake battle of Kairuppala may look like
an extreme celebration, but it’s nothing compared to Gotmar Mela, the brutal stone pelting war between
the Indian villages of Pandhurna and Sawargaon. This tradition has
participants use large rocks instead of cow dung cakes, and leaves hundreds
seriously injured or even dead.
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