Indonesian farmers compete in traditional water buffalo chariot races on muddy rice fields. The races, known locally as Barapan Kebo, are held to celebrate the annual rice planting season.

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Jockeys balance on small wooden chariots and are dragged through shin-deep mud by a pair of buffaloes at speeds of over 30mph.

Getty Images photographer Ulet Ifansasti captured the action during the Moyo festival on Sumbawa Island.