(30 Dec 2022)
AFGHANISTAN GAME
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kabul, Afghanistan - 21 December 2022
1. Various of chapandazs (horsemen) arriving at playground for the traditional game of buzkashi
2. Various of rear shots of horsemen on playground
3. Various of side referees
4. Various of horsemen waiting for the start of game
5. Calf model as the game revolves around horsemen snatching the body of a dead calf and dropping it in a circle drawn on the ground
6. Referee whistling to mark start of game
7. Horsemen trying to pick up model of calf from the ground
8. Various of game, with horseman dropping model of calf into the drawn circle and other horsemen trying to pick it up
9. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Ghulam Sarwar Jalal, head of Buzkashi Federation:
"There were some tournaments (held) in the northern provinces. All the horsemen were ready for this tournament. The fans from the (various) provinces wanted to see the game played according to the Kokper federation rules, which we are a member of. And this tournament was played according to those rules."
11. Various of horseman trying to drop a model of a calf in the circle
12. Various of fans watching game
13. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Omar Khan, horseman:
"I have been playing buzkashi for almost 10 years, I am very happy that we won the tournament. It is a big achievement that we won the trophy playing against (teams) from 14 provinces that have very good horsemen. Samangan (provincial team) won the trophy."
14. Various of horseman Shefauddin riding horse
15. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Shefauddin (no surname given) horseman:
"I am one of Samangan’s horsemen, I am very happy to have won the matches and got the championship trophy for our province, Samangan. Congratulations to the people of Samangan province."
16. Samangan team supporters rush to the playground to celebrate with the team
17. Samangan team supporters cheering
18. Various of Samangan’s team receiving trophy
19. Various of Samangan horsmen and supporters celebrating victory
STORYLINE:
A new season of buzkashi, a traditional horse competition and Afghanistan's most popular game in Kabul city, has started.
Buzkashi has been played in Afghanistan using the same rules for hundreds of years.
Buzkashi horsemen, called chapandazs, ride on the back of their horses to snatch the body of a dead calf and drop it in a circle drawn on the ground after dragging it from another end of the field.
The only change that has been made in recent years is that the players now use a model of a goat or calf instead of their dead bodies.
The buzkashi season is in full swing, and even with the recent events in Afghanistan, games are still on.
Horseman Omar Khan has played buzkashi for almost 10 years and was very happy that his team won the trophy at a recent competition in Kabul.
"It is a big achievement that we won the trophy playing against (teams) from 14 provinces that have very good horsemen," Khan said.
In the game, two participating teams ride some of the finest horses in the country with the aim of grabbing the animal's body.
Players hold on to the body and attempt to drop it into one of three painted circles in the arena.
The different circles are worth a different number of points.
According to the game's rules, players are not allowed to hit each other.
However, they do have sticks to hit each other's horses and sometimes these sticks can stray toward other players. Injuries are quite common.
AP video shot by Sediqullah Alizai
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