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The Do Son Water Buffalo Fighting Festival of Vietnam is held each year on the ninth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar at Do Son Township, Haiphong City, Vietnam. It is one of the most popular Vietnam festivals and events in Haiphong City. The preparations for this buffalo fighting festival begin from the two to three months earlier.
The national symbols of Vietnam are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, ... Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) [8]
The buffalo is the second animal symbol in the 12-year cycle of the Vietnamese zodiac, taking the place of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac. Water buffalo are industrious and patient. In general, the year is slow and steady, appropriate for scientists. The hours of the buffalo are from 1 to 3 am. [1]
Operation Buffalo (2–14 July 1967) was an operation of the Vietnam War that took place in the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone, around Con Thien. Operation [ edit ]
The Vietnamese zodiac is originated from the Chinese zodiac in its usage and arrangement of animals, but replaces the ox with the water buffalo and the rabbit with the cat. [1] The Vietnamese zodiac uses cat instead of rabbit due to the pronunciation of the rabbit in Chinese writing: 卯 is very similar to the Vietnamese word Mèo for cat. [2]
The domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is descended from the wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), now designated an endangered species.Water buffaloes have been bred, predominantly in Asia, for thousands of years for use by humans.
Wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee [70] Sika deer, Cervus nippon possibly extirpated Vietnamese sika deer, C. n. pseudaxis [71] Sumatran rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis [72] Leopard, Panthera pardus possibly extirpated [73] Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus [74] Eld's deer, Rucervus eldii possibly extirpated [75]
The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List since 1986, as the remaining population totals less than 4,000.