Biswanath Bull fighting competition
On Tuesday 18th April, there was a bull fight competition held between Harikalas and Senargaon villages of Biswanath. The fights were held between 10am and 4pm with 30 pairs of bulls.
In the special fight in the competition was Mamu-Bhagna, Dashpike, Black, Stone ripple, Aant, Syupur Sadurgaon, Shapla Par, Chitra Dhanpur, Sonamukhi Hasnaji, Cutting Master, Bishwanath, Pankiraj, Jalalabad, Red Lion, South Surma, Santraj and the Sunamganj bull won the event. The owners of the winning bulls each received a 14-inch color television.
The local people passionate about bull fights organised this event. The 30 pairs of bulls came from different upazilas of Sylhet division. The people of the whole Sylhet division came to see the bull fighting in the Biswanath upazila.
From 9am onwards people started coming in and by 12 noon thousands of people were at the huge fighting ground. It was noted that there was an interest in watching bulls fight amongst many younger children, more than the elderly. They come in the hands of the guardians to see the bull fight. Source biswanath-news24.com