 Organized horse fighting is a traditional observance of Chinese New Year among the Miao people that has occurred for more than 500 years.Though illegal according to national law, it is also widely practiced in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines where, as of 2008, approximately 1,000 horses were being bred annually for horse fights.Organized horse fighting has also been recorded in Thailand, in South Korea's Jeju Province, on Muna Island in Indonesia, and among medieval Norse settlers in Iceland, where it was known as "hestavíg".