The freak out in the crowd

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Off with the head and... Play Ball! (Buzkashi and Hissar)

April 6th 2009
It does get the Semi-Nomadic juices flowing. Especially when seeing a dead carcass being dragged, trampled, thrown, tugged and eventually claimed as a prize for a brief moment - This is one the joys to nomadic life. Generally with games there are clear rules but this I don’t know? In a way I am still clueless as to what the point was to this game? Either way it got the crowd going. Buzkashi is ... read more

Asia » Tajikistan

The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan beca... ... read more

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