{"id":59179,"date":"2025-08-12T12:24:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=59179"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:06:07","slug":"dhirio-bull-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dhirio-bull-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhirio-Bull Fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dhirio-Bull Fighting Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, during a discussion in the state Assembly legislators across party lines demanded the legalisation of bull fighting which is locally called Dhirio in Goa.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dhirio-Bull Fighting<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bull fighting, locally referred to as dhirio or dhiri, is an <\/span><b>integral part of Goa\u2019s cultural fabric.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">organised after <\/span><b>the harvest season.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These bull fights have traditionally been held in paddy fields and football grounds of Goa, with village shepherds bringing in their animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhiri was a \u201cpart and parcel of every Church fest\u201d and villagers from miles around would gather to witness the popular sport.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These bull fights have traditionally been held in <\/span><b>paddy fields and football grounds of Goa<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bull fight <\/span><b>begins with two bulls dashing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at each other and locking horns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They head-butt each other and repeatedly charge and retreat, provoked by trainers standing behind.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bull fights have been <\/span><b>taking place in Goa for generations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, going back to the time of the Portuguese.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The High court <\/span><b>in 1997 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed the state to take immediate steps to ban \u201call types of animal fights including bull fights and \u2018dhirios.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/an-eye-on-co2-from-space-could-soon-shut-why-this-matters-10183744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhirio-Bull Fighting  is an integral part of Goa\u2019s cultural fabric. 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