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7 Unusual Festivals in India
Kila Raipur Rural Olympics
One of India’s most prominent rural sports festival, Kila Raipur Rural Olympics is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab. The event has gained enormous popularity over the past six decades that it attracts competitors from all over the world. When its February, Ludhiana turns out to be a destination for hundreds of sports enthusiasts from different parts of the world. The three-day long event is participated by more than 4000 sports men and woman who are watched over by a huge crowd of 1 million spectators. Animals such as dogs, bullocks, camels, mules etc are seen doing professional sports items. What attracts the most is the highly adrenaline-pumping bullock cart race, the winner of which is eligible for a prize money worth around 
200,000. Horse dance, dog race, camel race, tug-of-war and tractor race are some of the other interesting events. The excitement pumps up at the site of some real time actions of vigor such as pulling cars with ears or teeth, lifting bicycles with teeth, riding bicycle with burning tyres and many other daredevil stunts. The festival also includes a variety of cultural festivals with leading folk singers, and Gidha players and Bhangra.
