• Jallikattu is one of the world’s oldest sports activities, dating back more than 2,000 years.
• A total of 31 people were wounded at the event.
• The sport was banned by India’s Supreme Court in 2014.

Officials in Bengaluru stated Monday that at least one person was gored to death and dozens more were injured during Jallikattu, a contentious bull-taming tournament in India.

The dead person, in his twenties, was a contestant who died as a result of injuries sustained during the competition in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu’s southernmost state.

A total of 31 people were wounded at the event, according to district police officials.

According to local reports in India, at least another 15 people were injured over the weekend at a second bull-taming event in neighboring Andhra Pradesh.

Jallikattu is one of the world’s oldest sports activities, dating back more than 2,000 years.

The goal of bull-taming events, which mark the start of India’s yearly winter harvest, is not to kill the animal.

Bulls are decorated, and contestants demonstrate their talents by attempting to halt the beasts or take flags from their horns.

Hundreds of individuals, both tamers, and spectators have been hurt while participating over the years.

The sport was banned by India’s Supreme Court in 2014, however, the state government of Tamil Nadu was able to lift the restriction in 2017.

The Supreme Court‘s judgment provoked outrage across Tamil Nadu, where it has a devoted following.

Activists say the sport is cruel and that the bulls are fed liquor before being released from a holding pen.

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