LOL wow , the horses are magnificent. Very healthy. The game looks like a game we call polo here in America... only Polo is played with mallets swinging hard, and clobbering horses and people.. at least it seems that way.. chasing a ball. Playing games on horseback is great!. We use to play frisbee on our horses, besides the regular barrel racing.
Polo is actually a modern version of this game. All horseback games can trace their roots back to Buzkashi including Polo and Horseball. Remember, Afghan civilization dates back tens of thousands of years, domesticated animal and plant remains as old as 50,000 years have been discovered in modern day Afghanistan. America is an infant nation compared to us. My people may be hungry and tired, but our history predates anyone's.
@NobleSavage1919 Yes , and takes much skill and endurance to keep in this game. Horses are very special to man. Yes, it is amazing to me how far back this old spins around. So much I am learning in these years. Nothing which is taught in histroy books.. ooh America.. lol is not what it seems and is worse... land of the free? lol I know Noble, and i feel sadness for all.. In this country the elites would put a steak on their table while watching a child dig through the garbage for food.
America is a nation of freedom, please be proud of it, it is the envy of the entire world. The crimes your so called leaders and elites commit are not yours to apologize for. I am very certain that if Americans had knowledge of what was going on in the world they would end it without hesitation. Beware the Zionists, those who wave the so called "star of David" 6 points, 6 lines, 6 angles. May God all mighty be with you.
@NobleSavage1919 Noble, they are destroying America , ooh I am happy here, but I see what is about to take place Yes, the zionists are to be very aware of. I understand this goes deeper than what people see on the surface. These elites are demons, and it affects this whole world Noble. This nwo will proceed. and counsel of 10 are on alert. Noble there are many un soldiers hiding over here and in mexico, ready to move forwards. I see the signs. the black pope, Noble, is the hand of lucifer..
@NobleSavage1919 and Noble, it is not about the religions of this world.. it is about satan taking souls to hell.. there is much sadness fixing to be upon us all soon. I do pray you and your family stay safe. The militia over here are gearing up to take a stand.. America won't be as people had known it . There are tanks ready to come in. from the Un soldiers from Russia, China, and other places. I have seen Russian vehicles, many years ago, where I live, There will be worldwide chaos.
Anglos have no business anywhere. They troll into all cultures on nice terms to enforce it and infect it with their rules and fines, withholding the prize and fixing the games so that a white champion emerges someday. A camera was kept on this idiot to monitor and punish whoever gave him a beating, which he deserved in the first place, during the games.
Sorry for coming to this very late but I photographed this event alongside Jerome.
Cara the horses are NOT ill-treated and are very well cared for. The game has been played for centuries, it's the Afghan culture. I suppose you would like to ban all cultural activities that involve animals.
Annimals have always been used to work the land, for sport and for their meat.
Nothing is ever going to change that except Tractors!
Korngirl - with all due repect, I don't care if it's cultural or if people die playing it, they have a choice, the horses don't! All I care about are the horses and how badly they are treated on the field!
Stockshunter - disrespectful? I also think it disgustingly abusive to the horses!!! They are forced to ram into each other, have the bits ripped through their mouths and are whipped and kicked to death!!!! And the poor animal!!! Killed especially for this blood sport!!! It's disgusting and yes, disrespectful!!!!
There is nothing great about this "sport", it's barbaric and SHOULD be banned!!! I really don't care if it culture or not!!!!
They are not 'kicked to death.' These horses worth on average $7000 and these poor individuals will look after them carefully. It's true that they are maltreated in the field during the game. Banning it is not an option. What i really hate is foreigners coming with their blueprint and implement it in Afghanistan. There should be a buzkashi committee that should introduce regulations for the welfare of the horses. That's a good approach, not banning it.
@stockshunter Why can you not accept that people will always have different opinions about things? Are you that arrogant and narrow-minded? Blood sports are VERY contraversial so people WILL disagree with you!! Did I say these horses are worthless? No. Did I say that they are mistreated off the field? No! Banning it is not an option? Why not? Blood sports are illegal in the UK, fox hunting, dog fighting! Because it's cruel and abusive!!!!
You clearly don't know anything about horses! When horses are close to each other, the dominant one will always push the other one away. So when they are RAMMED together like in this video, they WILL kick each other!!!
If you think it's ok to play with a dead carcass and watch horses being abused on the field, then I can't change your mind, but DON'T tell me what I should and shouldn't think!!! This "game" is revolting, cruel, and, yes i'll say it again, disrespectful!!!! And in MY opinion it SHOULD be banned!!! Blood sports are CRUEL, why do think they are illegal in the UK?!!!!!!
Balls of steel Jeromy. If you return to London. I will buy you a drink and then we can talk more about buzkashi. it's actually a powerful metaphor for the cultural and power relationships among Afghan warlords. Check FP magazine website for more informations.
This "game" should be banned!!! I don't if it is cultural, not only is it abusive to the horses, having their mouths ripped to shreds and their sides bruised, playing with a dead animal? It's sick and completely disrespectful!! And to kill it especially for this game?!! It's revolting!!!
The game is about national pride. The average wage is less than $10 a month, and people live only half as long as western countries. The horses by contrast are well cared for, well trained, and are on loan from the rich. They are not work animals, are worth between $1000 and $10000 each, and live like kings compared to the locals. Hundreds of people die playing buzkashi. Its a culture of sacrifice; Everyone there has to earn their keep, even the animals.
LOL wow , the horses are magnificent. Very healthy. The game looks like a game we call polo here in America... only Polo is played with mallets swinging hard, and clobbering horses and people.. at least it seems that way.. chasing a ball. Playing games on horseback is great!. We use to play frisbee on our horses, besides the regular barrel racing.
bssmart1118 1 year ago
@bssmart1118
Polo is actually a modern version of this game. All horseback games can trace their roots back to Buzkashi including Polo and Horseball. Remember, Afghan civilization dates back tens of thousands of years, domesticated animal and plant remains as old as 50,000 years have been discovered in modern day Afghanistan. America is an infant nation compared to us. My people may be hungry and tired, but our history predates anyone's.
NobleSavage1919 7 months ago
@NobleSavage1919 Yes , and takes much skill and endurance to keep in this game. Horses are very special to man. Yes, it is amazing to me how far back this old spins around. So much I am learning in these years. Nothing which is taught in histroy books.. ooh America.. lol is not what it seems and is worse... land of the free? lol I know Noble, and i feel sadness for all.. In this country the elites would put a steak on their table while watching a child dig through the garbage for food.
bssmart1118 7 months ago
@bssmart1118
America is a nation of freedom, please be proud of it, it is the envy of the entire world. The crimes your so called leaders and elites commit are not yours to apologize for. I am very certain that if Americans had knowledge of what was going on in the world they would end it without hesitation. Beware the Zionists, those who wave the so called "star of David" 6 points, 6 lines, 6 angles. May God all mighty be with you.
NobleSavage1919 7 months ago
@NobleSavage1919 Noble, they are destroying America , ooh I am happy here, but I see what is about to take place Yes, the zionists are to be very aware of. I understand this goes deeper than what people see on the surface. These elites are demons, and it affects this whole world Noble. This nwo will proceed. and counsel of 10 are on alert. Noble there are many un soldiers hiding over here and in mexico, ready to move forwards. I see the signs. the black pope, Noble, is the hand of lucifer..
bssmart1118 7 months ago
@NobleSavage1919 and Noble, it is not about the religions of this world.. it is about satan taking souls to hell.. there is much sadness fixing to be upon us all soon. I do pray you and your family stay safe. The militia over here are gearing up to take a stand.. America won't be as people had known it . There are tanks ready to come in. from the Un soldiers from Russia, China, and other places. I have seen Russian vehicles, many years ago, where I live, There will be worldwide chaos.
bssmart1118 7 months ago
Anglos have no business anywhere. They troll into all cultures on nice terms to enforce it and infect it with their rules and fines, withholding the prize and fixing the games so that a white champion emerges someday. A camera was kept on this idiot to monitor and punish whoever gave him a beating, which he deserved in the first place, during the games.
mfresh1965 1 year ago
The Taliban considers Buzkashi immoral. How about that?
mudchair16 1 year ago
@mudchair16 talibans are a fucking pigtoon fascist movement who want to keep afghanistan on the middle age.. thats the pashtun culture:backwardness.
we should divide afghanistan, and protect our tayik-persian cities, and kick out the pigtoon asses from our land. persian culture forever. :D
corderitodedios69 1 year ago
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NobleSavage1919 7 months ago
and we re afaid of these people
cindyandyogi 1 year ago
Sorry for coming to this very late but I photographed this event alongside Jerome.
Cara the horses are NOT ill-treated and are very well cared for. The game has been played for centuries, it's the Afghan culture. I suppose you would like to ban all cultural activities that involve animals.
Annimals have always been used to work the land, for sport and for their meat.
Nothing is ever going to change that except Tractors!
jacobmia2 1 year ago
lol @ 3:17
'baaaaaaaah' ahahahahahahahahahahah
he takes the poor goat on his back as if its his child, lollll
kid0147 2 years ago
Korngirl - with all due repect, I don't care if it's cultural or if people die playing it, they have a choice, the horses don't! All I care about are the horses and how badly they are treated on the field!
CaraJewel 2 years ago
Stockshunter - disrespectful? I also think it disgustingly abusive to the horses!!! They are forced to ram into each other, have the bits ripped through their mouths and are whipped and kicked to death!!!! And the poor animal!!! Killed especially for this blood sport!!! It's disgusting and yes, disrespectful!!!!
There is nothing great about this "sport", it's barbaric and SHOULD be banned!!! I really don't care if it culture or not!!!!
CaraJewel 2 years ago
They are not 'kicked to death.' These horses worth on average $7000 and these poor individuals will look after them carefully. It's true that they are maltreated in the field during the game. Banning it is not an option. What i really hate is foreigners coming with their blueprint and implement it in Afghanistan. There should be a buzkashi committee that should introduce regulations for the welfare of the horses. That's a good approach, not banning it.
stockshunter 2 years ago 3
@stockshunter Why can you not accept that people will always have different opinions about things? Are you that arrogant and narrow-minded? Blood sports are VERY contraversial so people WILL disagree with you!! Did I say these horses are worthless? No. Did I say that they are mistreated off the field? No! Banning it is not an option? Why not? Blood sports are illegal in the UK, fox hunting, dog fighting! Because it's cruel and abusive!!!!
CaraJewel 2 years ago
You clearly don't know anything about horses! When horses are close to each other, the dominant one will always push the other one away. So when they are RAMMED together like in this video, they WILL kick each other!!!
CaraJewel 2 years ago
If you think it's ok to play with a dead carcass and watch horses being abused on the field, then I can't change your mind, but DON'T tell me what I should and shouldn't think!!! This "game" is revolting, cruel, and, yes i'll say it again, disrespectful!!!! And in MY opinion it SHOULD be banned!!! Blood sports are CRUEL, why do think they are illegal in the UK?!!!!!!
CaraJewel 2 years ago
Balls of steel Jeromy. If you return to London. I will buy you a drink and then we can talk more about buzkashi. it's actually a powerful metaphor for the cultural and power relationships among Afghan warlords. Check FP magazine website for more informations.
stockshunter 2 years ago 2
it is a wonderful game
I love it .
Don't worry about the horses .They take care of them perfectly.
If you are a horse then choose being a buzkashi horse
mmarx11 2 years ago
This "game" should be banned!!! I don't if it is cultural, not only is it abusive to the horses, having their mouths ripped to shreds and their sides bruised, playing with a dead animal? It's sick and completely disrespectful!! And to kill it especially for this game?!! It's revolting!!!
CaraJewel 2 years ago
The game is about national pride. The average wage is less than $10 a month, and people live only half as long as western countries. The horses by contrast are well cared for, well trained, and are on loan from the rich. They are not work animals, are worth between $1000 and $10000 each, and live like kings compared to the locals. Hundreds of people die playing buzkashi. Its a culture of sacrifice; Everyone there has to earn their keep, even the animals.
korngirl95616 2 years ago 4
This has been part of afghan Culture for centuries. It won't be abolished simply because 'animal activists' like you think it's 'disrespectful.
stockshunter 2 years ago
thats really riding by men, no mercy against the horses and the other figthers.
buzkhasiking 2 years ago
awesome
domus415 2 years ago 2
Great Insight into a slice of Afghani Life.
Especially loved the musicians...any chance of more of them. Another film about music in Afghanistan perhaps?
Great work, non political, it's all about humans and how they live. Open reporting is the future. Respect
shantiaum 2 years ago 2
This is really great, I love the sounds and atmosphere!
Williyf 2 years ago 2