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Villagers place bets before the horse fight during the Seslong festival. The two horses are forced to fight each other until retreat or death. Jeoffrey Maitem /Getty Images March 10, 2014 -
Despite laws enacted in 1998 banning the sport of horse fighting, many Filipino communities still celebrate it as a long-time cultural tradition. Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images March 10, 2014 -
Participants prepare their horse before the fight during the Seslong festival in T'boli town, Philippines. Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images March 10, 2014 -
The horses kick up quite a bit of dust in their fight as the excited crowd watches on. Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images March 10, 2014 -
Two stallions in a near aerial exchange as both seek to defeat each other. Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images February 10, 2014 -
A participant in the horse fight covers his face with a piece of cloth in trying to avoid inhaling the dust kicked up by the horse fight. Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images February 10, 2014 -
The grey stallion bites a leg of its black rival as the crowd watches for the outcome of the fight. Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images February 10, 2014 -
Two brown horses leap against each other. Some communities, particularly on Mindanao island, still celebrate the sport as a cultural tradition. Jeoffrey Maitem /Getty Images February 10, 2014 -
Participants prepare their horse before a fight during the Seslong festival. Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images February 10, 2014 -
Villagers position themselves on a tree for a bird's-eye view of a horse fight during the Seslong festival in T'boli town, Philippines. Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images February 10, 2014
In pictures; Villagers watch a horse fight in the Philippines
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