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 Boys' by Sam French: VICE Shorts
Buzkashi: The Most Dangerous Sport
BUZKASHI The Afghan national Sport Tsuchimoto Motoko
Buzkashi match- Kabul
Buzkashi
Buzkashi
Crash course in Buzkashi
NATO in Afghanistan - Richard Dunwoody does Buzkashi, an Afghan traditional sport
Buzkashi Trailer 2012
Buzkashi 2013, Tadzjikistan
Afghan Buzkashi
'Buzkashi Boys' by Sam French: VICE Shorts (Trailer)
Buzkashi in Aqcha, Afghanistan 2005
Buzkashi Boys (Trailer 2012)
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 Boys' by Sam French: VICE Shorts
Buzkashi: The Most Dangerous Sport
BUZKASHI The Afghan national Sport Tsuchimoto Motoko
Buzkashi match- Kabul
Buzkashi
Buzkashi
Crash course in Buzkashi
NATO in Afghanistan - Richard Dunwoody does Buzkashi, an Afghan traditional sport
Buzkashi Trailer 2012
Buzkashi 2013, Tadzjikistan
Afghan Buzkashi
'Buzkashi Boys' by Sam French: VICE Shorts (Trailer)
Buzkashi in Aqcha, Afghanistan 2005
Buzkashi Boys (Trailer 2012)
Khuda Gawah
Buzkashi USA
Buzkashi USA
Buzkashi in Kabul
Central Asian Horse Games - Buzkashi/Kokpar
Buzkashi Boys and an Oscar Dream Part 2/2
BUZKASHI BOYS ARRIVED HOME WITHOUT ANY OFFICIAL WELLCOME AFTER OSCAR NOMINATION
Afghan Teen Goes From Poverty to Oscars for 'Buzkashi Boys' Film - Fawad Mohammedi Interview
The Buzkashi Boys