So I was in Kabul yesterday and I went to a Buskashi game. It originated in Northen Afghanistan on the Uzbekistan border. There are two teams on horses...the ball is a calf with its head cut off and sewed up. The riders try to pick calf and place it in a circle. The other riders try to stop the guy...kinda smeer the queer on horses. The sport is extremely brutal...lots of broken legs and arms..they beat the shit out of the guy dragging the calf! The craziest part is the crowd. They gather in a circle around the riders and watch. When one of the riders gets the calf, he breaks for the circle and all the other players follow on their horses. Problem is the crowd is in the way and people get trampled! It was a crazy sight....the running of the bulls times 10! They used to make the Russian POW's be the crowd back during the war...tore those guys to shreds! So where was I...in the crowd shooting pictures! Talk about adreniline rush! It was an amazing site! I was sandwiched between thousands of Afghans. Here I was, the only westerner...and long blond hair to boot. It was truely an unforgetable experience!
falias:
i miss traveling i used to go all over europe when i was in the navy and had days off.
nikkit:
wow, sounds... interesting for lack of better words! but why a calf with it's head cut off, i wonder? 