ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 6月27日 22時51分

In the Philippines, men and women compete in an annual rodeo that celebrates a thriving cowboy culture with roots in the Spanish and American colonial eras.

Nearly every spring for 30 years, the best wranglers in the country have traveled to the island province of Masbate to test their skills at the Rodeo Festival in Masbate City. It’s both a sporting event and a celebration of Philippine cowboy and cowgirl culture. In the juego de toro event, or bull game, people chase about 30 cattle through cordoned-off streets, as those in Spain chase bulls through Pamplona. And in one of the toughest events, the carambola, teams of men or women restrain an unruly cow by hand in the rodeo ring.

“Where there’s cattle, there’s rodeo,” said Leo Gozum, a livestock farmer who directs the festival’s rodeo events. “It is not necessarily American.”

Some travel to the Masbate rodeo, usually by boat, from other islands in the Philippine archipelago. Others work on ranches in Masbate Province, one of the country’s poorest regions. The contestants, mostly farmers and students, compete for $23,000 in prize money, an average of $250 for each of the 90 or so winners.

The photographer @jeszmann spent a week attending a rodeo and shadowing cowboys on their ranches in Masbate. Tap the link in our bio to saddle up with the Filipino cowboys and cowgirls.

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