CRAZY!!!
So the basic feel of it is like any country fair (found myself remembering the Blueberry Jamboree!), bouncy blow up castles for the kids, rides, a bunch of food vendors...had some kind of deep fried dough with sugar on it and some fried rice dish with veggies...
Then the "Arena" for the bulls opens up, you buy a ticket and go in and sit in stands made out of wood nailed together by hopefully competent people! (Remember nothing is inspected here!!)
Then all the riders and 2 cowboys on horses come out and get introduced.
Then the first rider is up, here's where the show starts! First rider there's about 10 local guys in the ring dressed normally (They are the rodeo clowns!) when the rider falls off these boys start taking runs at the bull! Pissing the bull off until he starts to take runs at them, they can sure climb the fence fast!
Finally they get the bull into the pen and the next rider is up.
By about the third rider there are about 20-30 guys in the ring, now we have some tourists joining in on the fun!
I soon realized this is the show, not the bull riding but the dumb men messing with the bull trying not to get horned!
I took some pictures but they did not turn out great...sorry!
Barbara with a set of horns on that light up
view from our seats
Introducing the cowboys and the riders
a little prayer before they start
Here come the clowns!
waiting for the first bull out of the shoot!
8 seconds is a long time! Rider didn't last...
Now the tourists are getting involved in the show!
Run buddy! Here comes the bull!
As you said... what can I say? At least the women are smart enough to not mess with the bull!!! Poor bull! I would get pissed off if I were a bull in these circumstances.
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