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Buzkashi
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Buzkashi or Kok-boru or Oglak Tartis (Persian, Urdu: بزکشی bozkæšī; Tajik: бузкашӣ buzkašī, "goat dragging"; Uzbek, Tatar: kökbörü, kök "blue" + börü "wolf"; Kazakh: көкпар; Kyrgyz: улак-тартыш or көкбөрү; Pashto: وزلوبه wuzloba, "goat game"; Turkmen: owlakgapdy; Chinese: 叼羊) is a traditional Central Asian team sport played on horseback in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, northern Pakistan and Kazakhstan. 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.
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Buzkashi News Stories
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Afghan teens of ‘Buzkashi Boys' stargazing in Hollywood
News Source: DAWN | 3 months agoThe teenage stars of an Oscar-nominated short film from Afghanistan arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the Academy Awards after an Internet campaign raised enough money to pay for their trip. Buzkashi Boys actors Fawad Mohammadi and Jawanmard -
Afghan street kid heads for the Oscars red carpet
News Source: Inquirer.net | 3 months agoAfghan street kid is off to Hollywood and the red-carpet treatment at the Oscars a fairytale ending to a chance encounter that led to a starring role in a movie. Fawad Mohammadi, 14, was selling maps to passing foreigners on Kabul's famed Chicken -
Buzkashi Boys shoots for Oscar with tale of Afghan child dreamers
News Source: The Guardian | 3 months agoKabul The stars of Buzkashi Boys Jawanmard Paiz (l) and Fawad Mohammadi, and director Sam French at the camera, on set in Kabul. Photograph: David Gill/AP When a horrified relative saw Jawanmard Paiz begging on the streets of Kabul, dressed in rags
Buzkashi Blogs
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And the nominees are… | Raindance Toronto
Blog Source: www.raindance.org | 3 months agoSynopsis: Set against the dramatic landscape of contemporary Afghanistan and the National sport of Buzkashi – a brutal game of horse polo played with a dead goat – “Buzkashi Boys” is a ground-breaking narrative film about two best friends, ... -
Oh No They Didn't! - Internet Helps Raise Money For Stars Of ...
Blog Source: ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com | 3 months agoThe film focuses on two children growing up in Kabul who dream of becoming Buzkashi riders, horsemen who compete in the dangerous Afghan national sport similar to polo in which riders try to carry a headless goat across a goal line. -
Stabford Deathrage Shoots His Mouth Off: Buzkashi Boys
Blog Source: stabforddeathrage.blogspot.com | 3 months agoTwo Afghani boys dream of becoming buzkashi horse-riders in this Oscar nominated short film. I particularly liked the horse-riding sequence, where the sport is seen in a snowy, foggy arena. Filled with decay and ruin, Buzkashi Boys is a bleak ...
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A Buzkashi player
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Buzkashi - Momin Khan
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Buzkashi 2011 (Set)
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Buzkashi at the National
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Buzkashi in Panjshir
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Buzkashi in Kabul
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