Photo Buffello Festival shows a water buffalo festival in Thailand at the beginning of the crop season.

Humble water buffalo has become a prized show animal ThailandHe was celebrated on Monday at an annual Buffalo racing festival and beauty pageant in Chonaburi city. These days tractors have changed buffalo on a large scale for heavy farm work. But competitions have created renewed interest in animals. The onset of the festival crop season held at the end of the 11th lunar month and once for animals was important for Thai agriculture.

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