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Bookmark or Share- Buzkashi: Afghanistan's Goat-Grabbing National Sport27 March 2017. Played in one form or another for more than 600 years, Afghanistan’s national sport, buzkashi, is alarmingly fast and extremely physical. That, however, is not what grabs the attention—it’s the dead goat in the middle. This traditional game is played on horseback, similar to polo, but instead of a ball, it’s a headless ...
- Buzkashi, Afghanistan’s National Sport, Returns amid CrisisBuzkashi is Afghanistan’s national sport. Its name in English loosely means “goat pulling.” The sport has been played across Central Asia for hundreds of years. It involves two teams on horseback...
- Buzkashi - WikipediaBuzkashi ( Persian: بزکشی, lit. 'goat pulling') is the national sport of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. [1] It is a traditional sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal. Similar games are known as kokpar, [2] kupkari, [3] and ulak tartysh [4] in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
- Buzkashi : NPRIn the northern Afghan city of Sheberghan, you can catch a game after noon prayers most Fridays in the winter. That's buzkashi season. Like any Western sport, buzkashi draws a huge crowd of...
- What is Buzkashi? Rules & Traditions Explained (world's ...Buzkashi, translated as “goat pulling”, is a traditional Central Asian game that is played on horseback or yak back. In this game, players vie for control of a headless goat carcass, which acts as the “ball”, in an effort to score points for themselves or their team.
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