"Buffalo Prince" Contest in Ngoc Chien

Within the framework of the 2025 Ngoc Chien Commune New Rice Festival, on the morning of September 31, at Muong Chien II stadium, the buffalo worship ceremony and the "Buffalo Prince" competition took place.

The "Buffalo Prince" contest attracted 13 villages to participate with 17 large, strong buffaloes carefully selected from households brought to the contest to compete.

"Buffalo Prince" contest at the New Rice Festival of Ngoc Chien commune in 2025.

The "Buffalo Prince" contest is held to honor "industry investment", long-standing ties with farmers. At the same time, creating unique community tourism products for visitors to Ngoc Chien.

Perform buffalo worship ceremony.

Before the "Buffalo Prince" contest, the festival's organizing committee held a buffalo worship ceremony - bearing the cultural imprint of wet rice agriculture and the rich identity of the Thai ethnic group in Ngoc Chien.

Buffaloes with beautiful bodies participate in the competition.

The buffalo of Muong Chien village has beautiful horns.

17 "buffalo contestants" from 13 villages had to go through a rigorous selection process, each village was allowed to register from 1 to 5 buffaloes. Before competing, the buffaloes were all selected, carefully cared for, fed and trained to give the best performance in the competition.

The judges measured the physical parameters of the buffaloes.

Each buffalo was judged by the judges on its physical appearance.

The main scoring criteria are weight, body shape, beautiful horns, and the one with the tallest legs will win the title of "Buffalo Prince".

Many people and tourists came early to cheer on the "Buffalo Prince" contest.

The judges measured the buffaloes' chests.

Currently, in Ngoc Chien commune, there are over 5,000 buffaloes, each weighing from 500 - 1,000 kg or more, each worth from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dong. Mechanized agricultural production, buffaloes no longer have to serve plowing and harrowing, but still bring high economic value, helping people here get rich with the economic model of raising buffaloes in pens towards commodity production.

The buffalo of Mr. Ca Van On's family, Muong Chien II village is the "Buffalo Prince" in 2025.

In the end, the title of “Buffalo Prince” belonged to the buffalo of Mr. Ca Van On’s family, Muong Chien II village. The “Buffalo Prince” of 2025 is 1m58 tall, 2m35 in chest, 2.6m long, and weighs 997 kg; second prize went to the buffalo from Giang Phong village; and two third prizes went to buffaloes from Long Cang and Dong Xuong villages.

Source: https://baosonla.vn/van-hoa-xa-hoi/thi-hoang-tu-trau-o-ngoc-chien-gEMGPkrHg.html