Asia Album: Grab a goat and throw it -- Afghanistan's Buzkashi match kicks off

Source: Xinhua| 2020-12-20 10:51:26|Editor: huaxia

Horse riders compete for a goat during a Buzkashi match in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2020. (Photo by Kawa Basharat/Xinhua)

KABUL, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Buzkashi, meaning "goat grabbing," is a centuries-old traditional game in Afghanistan, in which skilled horse riders of rival teams compete to take the slaughtered goat or calf and throw it in a circle fixed on the Buzkashi ground.

A horse rider attends a Buzkashi match in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2020. (Photo by Kawa Basharat/Xinhua)

Horse riders compete for a goat during a Buzkashi match in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2020. (Photo by Kawa Basharat/Xinhua)

Horse riders compete for a goat during a Buzkashi match in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2020. (Photo by Kawa Basharat/Xinhua)

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