Afghanistan has several traditional games and sports.

Traditional games

Sangi rag

Two teams of four to five players compete by throwing rocks at a target; each player gets 10 throws, and the player that throws the closest to the target in a given round wins that round. Hitting the target directly earns twice as many points. The team that reaches 10 points first wins.[1]

Barfi

This game is played during the time of year when the first snow falls. One person sends a messenger to another person's home, and if the recipient of the message fails to catch the messenger before the messenger can return home, then the recipient must pay for a large meal for the sender of the message; otherwise, the message-sender pays.[2][3]

Tokhm-jangi

To celebrate Eid al-Fitr, participants in this game paint hard-boiled eggs and then bump them against other participants' eggs in order to break the other eggs.[4][5][6]

Khusay

In khusay, two teams assembled at two goal lines attempt to hop past each other to the other team's goal line, while preventing the other team from doing the same.[2]

Martial arts

Ghorsai

Ghorsai is a boxing competition in which participants hop on one foot and try to knock each other down.[7][8]

Koresh

Koresh, also known as chepanki wrestling, is a form of belt wrestling.[9][10]

Pahlavani

Pahlavani is a form of wrestling contested over four rounds, in which each round is won by the participant who can flip their opponent onto their back.[11]

Animal events

Buzkashi

This section is an excerpt from Buzkashi.[edit]

Buzkashi (Persian: بزکشی, lit. 'goat pulling') is the national sport of Afghanistan. It is a traditional sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal. Similar games are known as kokpar, kupkari, and ulak tartysh in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Game of buzkashi in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

Tent pegging

This section is an excerpt from Tent pegging.[edit]
Tent pegging (sometimes spelled tent-pegging or tentpegging) is a cavalry sport of ancient origin, and is one of only ten equestrian disciplines officially recognised by the International Equestrian Federation. Used narrowly, the term refers to a specific mounted game with ground targets. More broadly, it refers to the entire class of mounted cavalry games involving pointed and edged weapons (lance and sword) on horseback, for which the term "equestrian skill-at-arms" is also used.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "How reviving a game from childhood is helping these Afghan men". ABC News. 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  2. 1 2 Dupree, Louis (2014-07-14). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5891-0.
  3. ↑ "You've Been Barfied! Kabul Celebrates First Snowfall of Year". NBC News. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  4. ↑ Team, T. M. V. (2023-04-22). "10 Beautiful Eid Al-Fitr Celebrations From Around the World". Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  5. ↑ "Celebrating Eid al-Fitr around the world". islamchannel.tv. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  6. ↑ System. "How countries around the world celebrate Eid". News24. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  7. ↑ "League of Traditional Sport Ghorsai to Air on TOLO, LEMAR TV". TOLOnews. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  8. ↑ "Man in the News: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  9. ↑ Alvi, Mamoon (2023-07-01). "Traditional Games Bring Joy, Unity to Kunduz Province during Eid-ul-Adha Celebrations". BNN Breaking. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  10. ↑ "Traditional Wrestling Competition Held in Samangan". TOLOnews. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  11. ↑ "Traditional wrestling continues as a Friday fixture in Kabul". AP News. 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
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