Buzkashi

Buzkashi (Persian بزکشی, DMG buzkašī: buz "goat" kashi " take out " goat grab ) is a traditional equestrian game in Afghanistan and other Persian- and Turkic-speaking parts of Central Asia. In Kyrgyzstan, it is a national sport and is, as well as in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Kok - boru or Ulak called Tartisch.

The game is played by 20 or more players, which have been held games with more than 1,000 participants. At the beginning of the game is a dead goat, sometimes a dead calf, on the field, which is usually simply a great piece of free steppe, stored that include galloping and must be removed before the judges. Played everyone is against everyone, which makes the game very unpredictable. Everything is allowed to come to the goat.

Who has managed to bring the goat itself, which is in the next moment also almost certainly the center of a dense Reiterpulks that sweeps in full gallop across the steppe and its sole aim is to prevent the current owner of the goat thereof, for to get judges. The game can be very long due to the sometimes very large number of riders - up to a few days - take. Since the game is played very hard, and even the use of the whip is permitted, players usually wear thick protective clothing and head protection. Mandatory is not such a protection.

Winning a Buzkashi is associated with high social prestige and may also have a high price - often a valuable horse - mean.

The Uighur Diaoyu competition in a circle Maralbexi (Ch Bachu ) of the district of Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China is on the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China ( 2.Liste, 816, VI -44).