Pasola - A Sumbanese Sporting Tradition

• Prize
  Silver in Events/Sport
• Photographer
  Wolfgang Weinhardt
• Technical Info
  Full Frame @ 85mm + 100-400mm
• Photo Date
  2020

Heralded by the arrival of the nyale, mythically revered sea worms, the Sumbanese celebrate a spectacular spear fight on horseback at the end of each rainy season. Pasola, a war ritual played to celebrate the rice planting season. Long therm project, captured in 2020 @ Sumba Barat, Indonesia