In stark contrast to Spain's famous bullfight -- which is between man and bull, Korea's traditional bullfighting is left to the bulls or Hanwoo, its traditional bull breed. And owing to this "gentle way" of duel between the bulls, the fight is less likely to see any matadors or gore involved -- quite characteristic of Korean way of cultures in some way (Whowired Staff)

There is no blood, nor much gore. No matador, either, or even his colourful cloak. In South Korea, bull fights bull.

Weighing in at 600 kg to over 800 kg (1,322 to over 1,764 lb), dun-coloured Korean Hanwoo bulls clash heads and horns in a sand bullring under the warm sunshine of Cheongdo, a rural town in the hills about two hours from the capital of Seoul.

The festival in its current form has been going on since 1999, although North Gyeongsang province has a history of the sport going back a thousand years. Cheongdo says that its bullfights are more humane than those in Spain because the bull is not killed by a matador.

[Via] Reuters

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