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Buzkashi: Like Polo, But With A Headless Goat

NPR | By Sean Carberry
Published May 4, 2014 at 5:38 AM EDT
A <em>chapandaz</em> exhibits nearly perfect form: Whip in mouth, he hoists the <em>buz</em> — or ball — under his right leg and steers the horse with his left arm, during a round of buzkashi.
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A chapandaz exhibits nearly perfect form: Whip in mouth, he hoists the buz — or ball — under his right leg and steers the horse with his left arm, during a round of buzkashi.

Buzkashi is a centuries-old game in Afghanistan in which men on horses compete to pick up the carcass of a dead calf, carry it across a field, and drop it in a designated circle. See the full story here.

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