Karapan Sapi Festival

Name : Muhammad Faisal Asdino

NPM : 2011040269

Class : 4D

Subject : Essay Writing

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Karapan Sapi Festival

There are alot Festival in Indonesia but this is the unique Festival, the name of Festival is Karapan Sapi from Madura, East Java. Karapan Sapi is one type of art, sport, or traditional game that is routinely carried out by the people of Madura Island, First, the term Kerapan comes from the word Kerap or Kirap which means to leave and be released together or in droves. While the second version, Kerapan, comes from the Arabic Kirabah which means friendship. (Introduction)

Karapan Sapi is a term to refer to a cow racing competition originating from Madura Island, East Java. In this race, a pair of cows pulling a kind of wooden cart is raced in a fast race against other pairs of cows, the race track is usually around 100 meters and the race lasts about ten seconds to one minute, in Karapan Sapi Festival The implementation of Karapan Sapi is divided into four rounds, namely: the first round, all cows are competed for speed in two pairs to separate the winning group and the losing group. In this round, all winning and losing cows can compete again according to their group, in the Second round or re-election round, the pairs of cows in the winning group will be contested again, as well as the cows in the losing group, and in this round all pairs from the winning and losing groups may not compete again except for a few pairs of cows who occupy the winning order. top in each group, Third round or semifinal. In this round, each winning cow in each group is contested again to determine the three pairs of winning cows and three cows from the losing group. In the fourth round or final round, it is held to determine the first, second, and third place winners from the losing group. The Karapan Sapi tradition is held as a form of embodiment of the people's gratitude for the fertile land that was once barren, and This typical Madurese culture is held every year in August or September, then it will be contested again for the final at the end of September or October. (Body)

Finally, Karapan Sapi is Festival that carried by Maduranese people, where this Festival purpose is for embodiment and gratitude of Maduranese people for the fertile land that once barren. (Conclusion)