The national sport of Afghanistan
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The national sport of Afghanistan explained. Buzkashi, Kok-boru or Oglak Tartis (Persian: بزکشی buzkaši: goat grabbing) (Uzbek, Tatar, Turkmen: kökbörü, kök "blue" + börü "wolf", Kazakh: көкпар, Kyrgyz: улак-тартыш) is a traditional Central Asian team sport played on horseback. The steppes' people were skilled riders who could grab a goat or calf from the ground while riding a horse at full gallop. The goal of a player is to grab the carcass of a headless goat or calf, and then get it clear of the other players and pitch it across a goal line or into a target circle or vat. The game is known as Buzkashi in Afghanistan and among Persian-speaking populations of Central Asia. While Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan refer to the game as Kok-boru or Oglak Tartis. It is a National sport in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. Even though it is known as a popular Afghan sport, Buzkashi began as a sport of the steppes. It is a popular game among the south Central Asian nomads such as the Hazaras, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Kazakhs, and Turkmens. The Turkic name of the game is Kökbörü. Kök = "blue", börü = "wolf", denoting the grey wolf - the holy symbol of the Turkic people. Other Turkic names of the game are Ulak Tartish, Kup Kari, Kök Berü, Ulak Tyrtysh. Kökbörü is the most popular national sport of Kyrgyzstan. In the west, the game is also played by Kyrgyz Turks who migrated to Ulupamir village in Van district of Turkey from the Pamir region. Competition is typically ...
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Afghan rough and dangerous sport
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Rambo learn how play Buzkashi. He actually do pretty good but match does get interrupt at end by machine gun fire on helicopters. Not sure if I allow to comment on own video, but I enjoy this one. At 2:44 - that happen to me one time when I playing. Akmar post this video cause many many people ask about this on myspace. I also write blog on buskashi if you want learn more about best sport ever. blog.myspace.com
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A video I made of Buzkashi in Kabul in 2004. Enjoy.
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WARNING: This video contains graphic images. Animals and humans were seriously hurt in the making of this film. Adventurer Jerome Starkey plays Afghanistan's national sport - polo with a headless goat - and it hurts.
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Khuda Gawah Intro Scene
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The series that brings you the very worst in sports disasters from around the world. In this video we see the vicious sport of buzkashi (goat grabbing) in Pakistan, a violent form of polo with a dead goat instead of a ball.
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A new season of the brutal, centuries-old Afghan sport of buzkashi -- in which teams on horseback battle over a animal carcass -- is under way, giving sports fans a much-needed distraction from war. A voiced AFPTV report.
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Buzkashi- the national sport of Afghanistan. This event was held New Year's Day, 2010 in Kabul.
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Afghan Game
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Buzkashi has some simple rules: There are either 2 teams or, everyman plays as an individual. The aim is to hoist the goat carcass (usually soaked in water for extra toughness), into a chalk circle.
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Traditional sport from Afghanistan
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Buzkashi game in Panjshir at the footsteps of Massoud's grave.
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The Afghanis like to play some crazy sports! The game involves fighting over a dead goat.
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Buzkashi is the Afghan national sport. It is also a popular sport among the south Central Asians such as the Uzbeks, Hazaras, Tajiks, Kyrgyz, Kazakhs, Turkmens and Pashtuns. The Turkic name of the game is Kökbörü; Kök = "blue", börü = "wolf", denoting the grey wolf—the holy symbol of the Turkic people. Other Turkic names of the game are Ulak Tartish, Kuk Pari, Kök Berü, and Ulak Tyrtysh. Kökbörü is the most popular national sport of Kyrgyzstan. In the West, the game (Turkish: Cirit) is also played by Kyrgyz Turks who migrated to Ulupamir village in the Van district of Turkey from the Pamir region. The carcass of a headless goat used in Buzkashi Competition is typically fierce. Prior to the establishment of official rules by the Afghan Olympic Federation the sport was mainly conducted based upon rules such as not whipping a fellow rider intentionally or deliberately knocking him off his horse. Riders usually wear heavy clothing and head protection to protect themselves against other players' whips and boots. The boots usually have high heels that locks into the paddle of the horse to help the rider lean on the side of the horse while trying to pickup the calf. Games can last for several days, and the winning team receives a prize, not necessarily money, as a reward for their win. Top players, such as Aziz Ahmad, are often sponsored by wealthy Afgans.[2] A Buzkashi player is called a Chapandaz. It is mainly believed in Afghanistan that a skillful Chapandaz is usually in his ...
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Buzkashi has some simple rules: There are either 2 teams or, everyman plays as an individual. The aim is to hoist the goat carcass (usually soaked in water for extra toughness), into a chalk circle. Banned under the Taliban the sport is now widely played during the winter season and also boosts a Buzkhasi Federation. Buzkashi has been commented as being an inherently political game, "reflecting northern Afghan social customs. Powerful khans sponsor riders and teams, with major implications. G. Whitney Azoy, author of Buzkashi: Game and Power in Afghanistan, notes, "When his horses and riders win, the khan's name is said to rise. And reputation is the true currency of Afghan politics." More relevant for US policy: If a buzkashi game devolves into chaos, riders will switch allegiances, joining a game hosted by a different khan" [www.foreignpolicy.com This video shows an individual player match on a plain behind a soviet bread factory in Mazar-i-Sharif in February 2010.
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www.afghanistan-culture.com Buzkashi the National Game of Afghanistan. Learn about the game and its rules at: www.afghanistan-culture.com
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The British three times champion jockey Richard Dunwoody was in Afghanistan recently trying out the traditional Afghan sport of buzkashi. It's the third time Richard has visited the war-torn country.
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