Jousting in Indonesia
A Pasola rider reacts after throwing his spear during the Pasola war festival at Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island, Indonesia, March 22, 2014.
The Pasola festival is an important annual event to welcome the new harvest season, which coincides with the arrival of "Nyale" sea worms during February or March each year.
Pasola, an ancient ritual fighting game, involves two teams of men on horseback charging towards each other while trying to hit their rivals with "pasol" javelins and avoid being hit themselves.