Villagers race on 12ft high bamboo stilts during a bizarre event at a 'hill tribe' sports day.<br /><br />Youngsters from different clans took part in the annual festival in Mindanao, southern Philippines, on April 10.<br /><br />Rival tribes have their own colours and designs on their shirts and shorts. One one of the most popular events, competitors race on the wooden stilts across a 30-metre long field.<br /><br />Footage from the Malaybalay City area in the province of Bukidnon shows the wooden stilts race at Kaamulan village sports day festival on April 10.<br /><br />Visitor Nikon Celis, who captured the scenes, said: ‘’There are some really unusual events at the tribal sports day. The tradition has been going on for many decades. <br /><br />‘’The Kaamulan event is the gathering of seven hill tribes from the Bukidnon Province. They are the Talaandig, Umayamnon, Higaonon, Manobo, Tigwahanon, Matigsalug, and Daraguyan or Bukidnon tribe.<br /><br />''They have to compete against each other and the winning tribe is whoever has won the most events at the end of the day.''
