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. Buzkashi is often compared to polo. 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, and buzkashi is played with a headless goat carcass. 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.
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Buzkashi: The Most Dangerous Sport
'Buzkashi Boys' by Sam French: VICE Shorts
BUZKASHI The Afghan national Sport Tsuchimoto Motoko
Buzkashi match- Kabul
Buzkashi
Buzkashi
NATO in Afghanistan - Richard Dunwoody does Buzkashi, an Afghan traditional sport
Crash course in Buzkashi
Buzkashi 2013, Tadzjikistan
Buzkashi Trailer 2012
'Buzkashi Boys' by Sam French: VICE Shorts (Trailer)
Afghan Buzkashi
Buzkashi in Aqcha, Afghanistan 2005
Buzkashi dans le film "Les Cavaliers" de John Frankenheimer
Plot
From the shadows of the majestic Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan comes a story of Azam, a shepherd and Buzkashi champion, who faces the pressures of modernization in the sport and in his own personal life. Azam plays as an individual for honor and integrity, but his success is increasingly thwarted by organized alliances, or "mafias", encouraged by his rival Khurshed, a member of Tajikistan's nouveau riche. Khurshed believes that team play is the future of the sport. Between challenges on the field and within his own family, Azam tries to find a place for himself in the new Tajikistan.
Keywords: afghanistan, buzkashi, central-asia, tajikistan
200 players. Tank helmets. A headless goat.
Buzkashi: The Most Dangerous Sport
'Buzkashi Boys' by Sam French: VICE Shorts
BUZKASHI The Afghan national Sport Tsuchimoto Motoko
Buzkashi match- Kabul
Buzkashi
Buzkashi
NATO in Afghanistan - Richard Dunwoody does Buzkashi, an Afghan traditional sport
Crash course in Buzkashi
Buzkashi 2013, Tadzjikistan
Buzkashi Trailer 2012
'Buzkashi Boys' by Sam French: VICE Shorts (Trailer)
Afghan Buzkashi
Buzkashi in Aqcha, Afghanistan 2005
Buzkashi dans le film "Les Cavaliers" de John Frankenheimer
Buzkashi Regar Бузкаши Регар 05.01.2014
Buzkashi Boys (Trailer 2012)
Buzkashi near Dushanbe, Tajikistan, part 1/2
Oscar Nominated Shorts 2013: Sam French, 'Buzkashi Boys' (Best Live Action Short)
The Buzkashi Boys
Oscar Nominated Film 'Buzkashi Boys' Shows Afghanistan in a Different Light
Khuda Gawah
Buzkashi USA
Buzkashi the National Game of Afghanistan found it's way to the United States