Thousands of people present the Belang Loadgka Horse Washing Field, Pegasing District, Central Aceh Regency, Aceh, late August. Since the morning until the chest they are enthusiastic to witness the enlightenment of the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition organized to enlighten the 74th Anniversary of the RI.
The pacuan horse cultural event has become a tradition of citizens and has become an Gayo folk party container that unites the community in the highlands of the Gayo Land, covering Central Aceh, Bener Meriah, and Gayo Lues. A total of 365 horsetails dictated from three famous areas with the coffee producing, ready to cool in the prevailing arena since before the colonial era.
Pacuan horse or ‘Pacu Kude’ is a tradition of down findings, initially the Gayo community held a horse racing to welcome or celebrate the rice harvest period that generally occurs between August and September.
A number of their horses in the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition in Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
The number of cilik joki spur their horses when approaching the finish line on the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition in the Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka field, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
It is now an annual calendar of local governments, to organize cultural activities at once to make tourist attraction in the area. As with traditional cultural activities, horse racing remains traditionally organized, among others do not require special fixtures for joki and horses, alias without sailing and even without safety. Age of joki and horses that cool freely, mostly consists of a caffeine joki under 15 years, even the audience is free to enter the track to support his reliable horse.
Gayo’s High Flats are not only known as a well-known coffee producer but also uniquely crafted natural panoramic landscapes that are captivated and cooled, the cultural attraction of the ‘Traditional Horse’ that has become an annual event is now more likely to complement Gayo charm.
Photo and Text: Rahmad
The number of cilik joki spur their horses on the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition in the Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka field, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
The number of cilik joki spur their horses on the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition in the Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka field, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
The number of horses entered the finish line on the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition in the Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka field, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
The number of cilik joki spur their horses when approaching the finish on the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition in the Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka field, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
The men kiss his own horse who became the winner on the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition in Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
The number of A Super male horses is sunbed outside the quarantine cage crossing the Gayo tribe Traditional Horse Racing Competition in the Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka field, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
See the super jantan A horse when it will be inserted into the start box on the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition in the Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka field, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
The number of horses with a detachable joki from the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing start box in Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
The number of cilik joki spur their horses during traditional horse racing competition in Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.
The pacuan officers help push a super male horse into the starting box on the Gayo Traditional Horse Racing Competition in the Haji Muhammad Hasan Gayo Belang Loadgka field, Pegasing District, Central Aceh, Aceh Province.