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AP PHOTOS: An oxen race in a small Indian farming village draws passionate crowds
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A farmer holds onto the reins as he runs through mud behind his speeding oxen during a traditional oxen plow race known as Nangarni Spardha at Dervan village in Ratnagiri district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. - photo by AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade
RATNAGIRI, India (AP) — Hundreds of spectators shout and gesture as lively music blares from loudspeakers. A commentator’s breathless voice resonates over the din trying to keep up with a racing team of two oxen yoked together and a man who looks like he is being dragged through mud behind the speeding animals. The horseshoe-shaped track has only a flimsy fence separating the action from the crowd.