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June 25, 2007
Anyone up for Buzkashi?
This game makes rugby look like a tea party.
The dozens of horses milling about in the middle of the field kick up a tremendous cloud of dust, obscuring much of the by-play between riders that is going on.From what I could tell, the point of the game is to get the dead goat carcass across the field into the goal area while avoiding the whips and knives of your fellow players.As they slash away viciously with whips while using their mounts to jostle other players (chopendoz), a glimpse can be had of the rider carrying the boz – the headless carcass of a dead goat. It has been soaked in water for 24 hours to toughen up the hide so that it can withstand the tremendous pounding it will take during the course of the game.
Sounds like fun to me.
Posted by slublog at June 25, 2007 08:44 AM
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