This is what it was like
A hot moment in Kyrgyzstan's Kok-boru Presidential Cup.
I don't know what the rules of Kok-boru are, but if you like me have read the History of William Marshal, or even read about it, you just know that this is what the 12th-century tournaments recorded in that source were like.
From the Big Picture. And speaking of big pictures, click on the one above.
Labels: chivalry, favorites 2009, Kyrgyzstan, Middle Ages, tournaments and jousts, William Marshal
posted by Steve Muhlberger at 9:23 PM
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As some of you may have guessed, this is what is called "buzkashi" in
Afghanistan.
There are no rules to Kok-Boru, beyond getting the goat/sheep carcass across the other team's line. That's what makes it the most amazing sport ever.
There are a few rules, at least as it is played today:
http://europeandcis.undp.org/poverty/show/ADB36186-F203-1EE9-B73B634FA7478F3B
For some reason this comment by Will McLean won't publish:
There are a few rules, at least as it is played today:
http://europeandcis.undp.org/poverty/show/ADB36186-F203-1EE9-B73B634FA7478F3B
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