Registration starts months before, with the *pulikulam* or *kangayam* bulls being bathed, fed special diets, and their horns polished with coconut oil. The organisers check the bull’s lineage and health certificates thoroughly—no shortcuts. In the *vaadi vasal*, the arena, it’s not about taming but about holding the hump for a distance; a proper event has clear rules and many *kaavalar* to protect both man and beast. I’ve seen this for sixty years from my father’s time, when the temple trustee’s own son was disqualified for using a rope, proving even big men follow the *marapu*—the tradition.
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