泰国Chonburi节庆祝水牛丰收, 选美和比赛提升了他们的文化复兴与价值。
Water buffaloes are celebrated in Thailand's Chonburi Festival for harvest, with pageants and races boosting their cultural revival and value.
在泰国春伯里,水牛—— 农畜一度至关重要—— 已经成为一年一度的庆祝收获季节开始的节日的明星。
In Chonburi, Thailand, water buffaloes—once vital farm animals—have become stars at an annual festival celebrating the start of the harvest season.
该活动以选美比赛和 100 米比赛为特色,根据水牛的外表和表现进行评判,水牛戴着花冠,由骑师拉动。
The event features beauty pageants and 100-meter races where buffaloes are judged on appearance and performance, adorned with flower crowns and pulled by jockeys.
尽管拖拉机在农业中取代了它们,但政府的保护工作和公共利益已经恢复了它们的文化意义,表现最好的水牛卖出了高价,其中包括一头白化水牛,售价为 672,000 美元。
Despite tractors replacing them in agriculture, government conservation efforts and public interest have revived their cultural significance, with top performers fetching high prices, including an albino buffalo sold for $672,000.
屋主每天照顾他们,把他们当作家庭对待,而节日则有助于养活水牛人口和保存传统。
Owners care for them daily, treating them as family, while the festival helps sustain buffalo populations and preserve tradition.