Participants take care of their bull ahead of the annual Pedgaon traditional bullock-cart racing festival in Maharashtra's Satara district on June 20, 2026. Bailgada Sharyat, or the bullock-cart race, is one of the most popular rural sports in India's richest state, Maharashtra. The 400-year-old traditional event draws over 1,000 competitors and thousands of onlookers to Satara every year. Deeply ingrained in the state's rural culture, bullock-cart racing continues to be a representation of agricultural heritage and communal pride. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP via Getty Images)