Pasola - A Sumbanese Sporting Tradition

• Photographer
  Wolfgang Weinhardt
• Prize
  Gold in Events / Sport

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. Captured in 2020 @ Sumba Barat, Indonesia