In Guatemala, drunk horse-riding is actually considered a sport.
The only time I ever rode a horse, I was drunk. My ex-boyfriend from Thonotosassa, Florida took me out to his ranch in the middle of bum-fuck, let me drunkenly ride a horse, then I fucked him in the bum. Romantic, right? Clearly the villagers of Todos Santos, Guatemala share my love of drunken horse-backing, because they have a whole celebration and race centered on it.
Called Skach Koyl, the drunken horse race takes place at the end of the Day of the Dead celebrations. Drunk riders get together in Todos Santos on November 1st, spend the night before the race drinking a liquor called Quetzalteca, and spend the day drunkenly riding around, with no foreseeable end in sight. The winner is basically the one that can hold his liquor, and is awarded a live chicken and the title of ‘El Capitan. Pretty much everyone else just ends up wasted on the floor, or dead, since getting shit-faced and screwing around with gargantuan equines is like a one-way ticket to sudden death.
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Skach Koyl dates back to the 17th century when the Spanish conquered the Mayans, and prohibited them from riding horses. The race, also known as ‘The Race of Souls’ is traditionally meant as a form of protest.
I really just have one question. Why can’t more protests involve drinking?
