Some enjoy the challenge of a bullfight. And in India’s Tamil Nadu, this dangerous sport is celebrated each year. Bullfight festivities began on Monday…leaving more than 70 people injured.

More than 70 people have been injured at an annual bullfight festival kicked off in Tamil Nadu, India.

According to locals, it is an individual as well collective test of skills.

More than 500 bulls took part in the festival.

The event is India's version of the running of the bulls that takes place every year in the Spanish city of Pamplona.

Unlike the Spanish version of the sport, the aim is not to kill the bulls but to dominate and tame them, and pluck away bundles of money or other treats tied to their specially sharpened horns.

The well-fed and groomed bulls are often pepped up with liquor.

These bulls are then coaxed to dash, while a selected group of men attempt to bring them down by gripping the horns.

India's Supreme Court banned the sport in 2007. But that ban was watered down in 2008 when the court said the popular sport could be held under strict government watch.

Fighters and spectators have been gored or trampled to death, and the number of injured fighters has often resulted in the hundreds.

This annual festival has been marketed as a tourist attraction in recent years.