2023年4月10日 · The Pasola Festival is a traditional event that takes place annually on the island of Sumba, Indonesia. The festival dates back to the 16th century when it was first held as part of an annual celebration honoring the God of Agriculture in order to ensure good harvests and prosperity for the people.

Pasola is a mounted spear-fighting competition from western Sumba, Indonesia. It is played by throwing wooden spears at the opponent while riding a horse to celebrate the rice -planting season. The word pasola means spear in the local language and derives from the Sanskrit sula .

On the island of Sumba, in the archipelago of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, the ancient Pasola fighting game-ritual is annually renewed, which sees two teams of men on horseback, made up of members of two different clans or tribes opposing each other in a battle with blows of blunt-pointed wooden arrows (pasol), thrown towards rivals.

The Pasola Festival in Sumba is one of the most fascinating and unique festivals in the world! Every year Sumba people celebrate the start of the harvest season through this traditional event. It is a fascinating mix of ancient mythology, horsemanship, and intense competition.

2018年6月4日 · Located only an hour’s flight from east of Bali, the Indonesian island Sumba amazes and mesmerises its visitors. Not only with its beautiful beaches and landscape but also its unique, well-preserved culture and traditions. The common saying “time stands still” is rarely more appropriate than it is here in mysterious Sumba.

The Pasola festival is one of the most significant and vibrant cultural events on Sumba Island, Indonesia. It is a traditional ritual and ceremonial horseback battle that takes place annually, usually in February or March, to mark the beginning of the rice planting season.

The Pasola Festival is an original war ritual for giving thanks to the ancestral spirits in the region of West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara. Therefore, two groups of 50 men each, mostly from the upper and the lower village, are fighting each other while riding horses and throwing their wooden spears toward the opponent.

2022年2月15日 · The Pasola Festival is held annually between the months of February and March in several places on different locations in Sumba. The event is a competition of skill and strength between two teams of horseback riders (of course, riding bareback) wearing amazing traditional dress (as were their horses) and toting long spears (now with blunt ends ...

Pasola is an old harvest festival celebrated especially in the SouthWest region of Kodi, in Sumba. It brings together all the colour and spectacle of this wonderful culture as male villagers face off against each other on horseback and wooden javelins (it was only a few years ago that the government banned the use of spears, with the intention ...

Among the most unique of these is the Pasola Festival, celebrated on the island of Sumba. This traditional event, set against the island’s rugged beauty, blends spirituality, warfare, and agriculture, making it one of the most thrilling and culturally significant festivals in the country.