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, K...
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 fierce, as other players may use any force short of tripping the horse in order to thwart scoring attempts. Riders usually wear heavy clothing and head protection to protect themselves against other players' whips and boots. Games can last for several days, and the winning team receives a prize, not necessarily money, as a reward for their win.
The game consists of two main forms: Tudabarai and Qarajai. Tudabarai is considered to be the simpler form of the game. In this version, the goal is simply to grab the calf and move in any direction until clear of the other players. In Qarajai, players must carry the carcass around a flag or marker at one end of the field, then throw it into a scoring circle (the "Circle of Justice") at the other end. The riders will carry a whip, often in their teeth, to fend off opposing horses and riders.
Buzkashi is often compared to polo. The similarities and differences are both fairly obvious: both games are played between people on horseback, both involve propelling an object toward a goal, and both get fairly rough. However, polo is played with a ball, rather than a headless animal; and mallets are used to propel the ball. Moreover, polo requires more teamwork, whereas buzkashi, although contested by teams, is more of a free-for-all contest. Polo matches are played for fixed periods totaling about an hour; traditional buzkashi may continue for days, but in its more regulated tournament version also has a limited match time.
The calf in a Buzkashi game is normally beheaded and disemboweled and has its limbs cut off at the knees. It is then soaked in cold water for 24 hours before play to toughen it. Occasionally sand is packed into the carcass to give it extra weight. Players may not strap the calf to their bodies or saddles. Though a goat is used when no calf is available, a calf is less likely to disintegrate during the game.
Serious Buzkashi players train intensively for years, and many of the masters (called chapandaz) are over forty years old. Playing well also requires specially trained horses that know to stop still when a rider is thrown and to gallop forcefully when their rider gets hold of the calf.These horses can sell today for as much as US$ 10,000 to 15,000. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzkashi
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Come on, people. The goat is killed before the game starts. It's no different from killing a goat for food, except that they play this game before they eat it. THEY DO EAT IT AFTERWARD. So it's really no different at all from any of you going down to McDonald's and buying a hamburger. And "lack of culture"? The video clearly states this tradition dates from the 13th century and Genghis Khan. Maybe Nyikama, carlospelaez1, etc. are the ones who need to get an education.
that's sickening and repulsive. i have respect for the afghan culture, but i can't imagine enjoying a sport that involves the meaningless slaughter of an animal and the tossing of the decapitated corpse from hand to hand. it's primitive and savage.
So you prefer your animal wrapped into a neat shape, stuffed, stitched & ready to go? I believe you call it football & basketball?
Coming from the land of the world biggest consumers and wasters that sure is a bold statement. Leather jackets, leather couches, leather car seats, leather masks for your gimps..the list goes on.
We might kill goats but your country kills babies.
SALVAGES....... BTW I'm not Mexican or you are one of those ignorants monkeys that think that all Spanish name is Mexican, what a piece of shit culture you bunch of wild apes. fucking taliban
regardless of that misspelling, that Is a piece of shit culture with no values and nothing to learn from, they are less than animals just like you alvelleroy people like you all should be dead and treated like they are treating that poor goat.
Piece of shit culture...what ever beaner. Go enter your mother in one of your disgusting donkey shows. Hows that for savage you dirty mexican.
Just google it...I don't even think you can google the words donkey & mexican together without seeing a picture of a mexican whore getting nailed by a donkey.
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Just because you don't agree with something doesn't make it wrong.
carlospelaez1, etc. are the ones who need to get an education.
Coming from the land of the world biggest consumers and wasters that sure is a bold statement. Leather jackets, leather couches, leather car seats, leather masks for your gimps..the list goes on.
We might kill goats but your country kills babies.
Just google it...I don't even think you can google the words donkey & mexican together without seeing a picture of a mexican whore getting nailed by a donkey.