The Curious Case of Buzkashi (Goat Grabbing)
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Beloved by Uzbeks, Tajiks, Kyrgz, Kazakhs, Pashtuns and Turkmens as well as Afghans, the equestrian sport known as Kokpar or Buzkashi is a rugged, and traditionally extremely violent, game similar to polo with one surprising twist; rather than hitting a ball with mallets toward a goal, players vie for control of a headless animal carcass.
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@TodayIFoundOut 4 жыл бұрын
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@horseby3x366 2 жыл бұрын
"HorseBy 3x3" = The Ultimate Buzkashi/Kokpar/Kokboru Equestrian Team Sport on Steroids! Modern, with a 25kg RamBall, New Rules for International Development! 👍/share/follow!
@HeliRy 4 жыл бұрын
Watching this sport live is something else. I was recently working in Kazakhstan and got to watch a match. It was awesome!!
@michaelfouse4102 4 жыл бұрын
Hello Simon. I actually had the chance to ride in one of the games in northern Afghanistan in 2001. I even managed to score. The chaos in the middle of the scrum is insane. I was actually bit by another rider’s horse, I punched the horse and his rider laughed at me. I have pictures from the game if you and your staff are interested is seeing them. After an hour or so of gameplay, my military teammates and I were battered, exhausted but thrilled to death for having been extended the invitation to participate by Mazar I Sharif’s Governor Atta. An Associated Press war corespondent was in the crowd an “snuck” a photo of the “crazy Americans” playing goat polo. That picture would find its way into The NY Times in Dec 2001. Our chain of command had “a few questions” for us once the paper hit the stands. Have a great day. Love your content across all your channels. Keep up the great work. Especially love the Biographics channel. Helps me feed my mind everyday. Thanks again. 🖖🏼
@steveb6103 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service! 👍
@melanietoth1376 4 жыл бұрын
How freaking exciting!!! I lol'd when you wrote that you pinched the horse that bit you. Oh, what chaos!
@nellz72 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. Also thank you for telling us this awesome story. That must have been a great honor to be extended such an invitation. I can't even imagine the kind of chaos that must be, and to be bit by a horse on top of it, crazy! But it also sounds kind of fun. Happy new year to you.
@sebaseba6710 4 жыл бұрын
That's sounds awesome man!
@mukhtardost8723 4 жыл бұрын
And I actually used one of those pictures your referring to in my poster as part of my presentation in a grade 8 cooking class here in Toronto (everyone thought it was so cool to see a solider on a horseback playing this sport). Well, thank you for your service, and who knew I would be thanking my source directly on KZfaq almost 20 years later. Truly, the world has gone flat!
@anarchyantz1564 4 жыл бұрын
"Beating one another with whips as they fought over the goat." Life before internet connection and Pornhub I am guessing either that or starting a new category on it.
@joysandy333 4 жыл бұрын
Best video on this series to date!
@nasdan5000 4 жыл бұрын
Except they don't have the internet where it's popular and porn is banned lol
@TodayIFoundOut 4 жыл бұрын
Why not both? ;-) -Daven
@anarchyantz1564 4 жыл бұрын
@@TodayIFoundOut Well, going on the internets "Rule 34" nothing would surprise me anymore. :)
@johnbash-on-ger 4 жыл бұрын
Buzkashi (Goat Grabbing) sounds similar to Bukkake, coincidence? I think NOT! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake
@sizanogreen9900 4 жыл бұрын
some Kabul guys: we want to make a milder version of the sport more acceptable to the olympic community, lets add some rules and a referee and shit. Also some Kabul guys: *keep the mutilated carcass in the game*
@harryrhodes9972 4 жыл бұрын
There is already the olympic type one with rules and laws too.
@horseby3x366 2 жыл бұрын
"HorseBy 3x3" = The Ultimate Buzkashi/Kokpar/Kokboru Equestrian Team Sport on Steroids! Modern, with a 25kg RamBall (no more carcass), New Rules for International Development! 👍/share/follow!
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 жыл бұрын
This is a pretty interesting topic actually, thanks Simon
@Meiabell 4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate how you explained that most sports are throwing around some version of an animal carcass. I find it important to not put westernized judgments on things we are less familiar with.
@osborncustomworks 4 жыл бұрын
I suppose the fact that those western culture's have evolved from those primitive practices, and they are STILL using a dead animal is lost on you.
@cdayton11 4 жыл бұрын
"Some kind of animal carcass" uhh... this involves one that is killed exclusively for the sport and can't be reused. Plus, most footballs today are synthetic. These people are STILL doing this. They're sick.
@Meiabell 4 жыл бұрын
Both of you have so much insight and make a thoughtful appeal. I’m moved to agree now... Oh wait, this is KZfaq and the comments tend to be aggressive and baseless. My bad.
@tearose9938 4 жыл бұрын
@@Meiabell haha I'm sure your sarcasm is completely lost on those two.
@masterdrewanthony 4 жыл бұрын
Your mind is so open, it's a miracle it hasn't completely fallen out
@mbgrafix 4 жыл бұрын
0:55 Good to know that Genghis Kahn was a "environmentally friendly" type... I mean, when chasing down goat carcasses...and beheading your enemies, at the end of the day, isn't that all that truly matters?
@johnbash-on-ger 4 жыл бұрын
The right priorities in life.
@ericlondon5731 4 жыл бұрын
[ text message from local Buzkashi player to visiting team's player. ] : "Match called off today. Goat for match already dead five days. Smell is bad. Rest of herd too small to use. Unless you bring new goat, we all wait for next month game. Text back in next hour before I leave city."
@raistlarn 4 жыл бұрын
Beating each other with whips, riding on horseback, and trying to take a disemboweled headless goat carcass from each other... I wonder why it never caught on with the Olympics.
@iteerrex8166 4 жыл бұрын
Simon, you mentioned Polo, but didn't say that it originated from Buzkashi. I heard that when the British visited the area and learned about Buzkashi. Coming back they started playing croquet on their horses, and.. Polo was born.
@faiq_000 4 жыл бұрын
iTeerRex😂😂😂
@faiq_000 4 жыл бұрын
Is that true
@melanietoth1376 4 жыл бұрын
Makes sense
@horseby3x366 2 жыл бұрын
"HorseBy 3x3" = The Ultimate Buzkashi/Kokpar/Kokboru Equestrian Team Sport on Steroids! Modern, with a 25kg RamBall (no more carcass), New Rules for International Development! 👍/share/follow!
@limalicious 4 жыл бұрын
It's better than bullfighting, at least the animal prize is already dead.
@jaspr1999 4 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid a new neighbors' kid came over when I was trying to catch a chicken. I finally caught it and wrung its neck and the kid ran home screaming. I didn't understand what the problem was so I just started soaking the chicken in hot water. The next thing I know is my father, the neighbors father, and a cop was walking around the house. My dad and the cop knew immediately what was going on and knew I wasn't doing anything wrong, but none of us could convince any member of that family that we were all horrible people. To this day, it still surprises me that people really have no idea where food comes from. I have this mental image of God separating light from dark, making trees and animals... And the eternal Walmart... And it was good.
@nellz72 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this story. I have met people like this. One in fact, that was highly critical of my family hunting and fishing. (For food purposes, never "sport") They insisted that it was "much more humane to just go to the grocery store and buy meat and seafood". And yes, they actually said it just like that. I love your analogy of the eternal Walmart!
@Englishman-Abroad 4 жыл бұрын
You omitted kok buru, the version played at the World Nomad games. Saw quite a bit of this in Kyrgyzstan. I understand the winning team keeps the goat and cooks it up, so no wastage.
@christelheadington1136 4 жыл бұрын
..also gave us the expression."That really got my goat.".
@Jen-zk9se 4 жыл бұрын
Christel Headington / I sincerely hope this is true 😆
@christelheadington1136 4 жыл бұрын
@@Jen-zk9se -Would I make up a lie ? Seriously it sounds right doesn't it.
@tncorgi92 4 жыл бұрын
Not according to dictionary. com but I feel like it should be.
@AchtungAffen 4 жыл бұрын
In Argentina they play "Pato" in which 2 teams on horseback fight over a duck and try to put it through a hoop. Nowadays it's played with ball with handles, but originally that used to be a duck.
@Sirempath 3 жыл бұрын
I watched this just outside Kabul September 1970. It was held in honour of the Kings birthday.The field was about a mile square and they used every bit of it, including the U. N. part of the car park where we were. The French ambassadors Citroen got quite a few hoof marks on it, black, shiny and dented. Although we were in the middle of a melee, no spectator got hurt but did get covered in dust. It was quite a scene. I had my 22nd birthday there a week later and celebrated with a beer which cost a US dollar and that was quite an expense in comparison at the time. I'll never forget it, Afghanistan is a breathtaking country that plays a rough game on beautiful horses.
@Thomas-dq9yo 4 жыл бұрын
Found out about this sport yesterday, crazy that you made a video about it today!
@papasteve215 4 жыл бұрын
I got to see bushkashi games just outside Mazar-E-Sharif. The folks around there had an area about the same size of a football field where they played the game. There was also camel fights and dog fights going on at the same time. It was a time to get together with other men of the area to sell/ trade horses, sell/ smoke some hash and generally a good time is had by all. With the possible exception of the goat. You did get to see some amazing horsemanship though.
@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access 4 жыл бұрын
Welp, sometimes in life you just gotta do some goat grabbing
@IndicatedGoodLife 4 жыл бұрын
Dont give the bots so much power!
@johnbash-on-ger 4 жыл бұрын
You just gotta get it out of your system.
@Andrei-vr4pj 4 жыл бұрын
6:10 "Whipping others over a dead goat is Afghanistan" 😂😂
@LindaB651 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon, stay warm!
@uxigadur 4 жыл бұрын
The national sport of Argentina (not the most popular) is pato, similar thing, but with a duck. nowadays it is not an actual duck.
@GuidoDalonzo 4 жыл бұрын
you should talk about the national sport of Argentina "Pato" that is almost the same but with a dead duck!
@faiq_000 4 жыл бұрын
Guido Dalonzo 😂😂
@johnbash-on-ger 4 жыл бұрын
WTF
@user-qs6xz1bu6b 3 жыл бұрын
That was like 150 years ago, pelotuuudo
@abulfazlhaidary4625 3 жыл бұрын
Duck!!! hahaha
@atari2600b 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks m9, I've been looking for the name of this sport but didn't want to rewatch the entirety of The Ascent of Man. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find that series in the states.
@AcornElectron 4 жыл бұрын
Two Simons in as many minutes? Why not! Keep up the good work fella!
@d4mdcykey 4 жыл бұрын
I'm really curious how many outtakes and bloopers there were in this video when Simon slipped up and said 'bukkake' instead of 'buzkashi'.
@johnbash-on-ger 4 жыл бұрын
Buzkashi (Goat Grabbing) sounds similar to Bukkake, coincidence? I think NOT! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake
@darrenkrivit6854 4 жыл бұрын
So who was the G.O.A.T. of Buzkashi?
@faiq_000 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@goatmoag 4 жыл бұрын
Makes for good tenderizing before cooking.
@charlesmartin8454 4 жыл бұрын
Bonus fact: To get a good visual of buzkashi watch the 1971 movie release "The Horsemen" starring Omar Sharif. Great movie with incredible riding wherein Omar's character loses a leg through amputation and yet appears to handle a horse even better when he recoups. Intense storyline.
@MariaMartinez-researcher 4 жыл бұрын
With Jack Palance. And a beautiful white horse. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horsemen_(1971_film)
@jzakary1 4 жыл бұрын
I watched a game of Buzkashi in Afghanistan. It was complete and utter chaos. I thought I was going to be stampeded. :D
@timothyneiswander3151 4 жыл бұрын
If you liked that, you should try black friday at Walmart.
@diorr-justcurious9575 3 жыл бұрын
The goat up in heaven like: 👁👄👁 what they do to my body 🙀
@gr8rw8r 4 жыл бұрын
This was a question on HQ trivia tonight!
@WardOfSouls 4 жыл бұрын
I first heard about this game through news coverage of the World Nomad Games. They've been held in Afghanistan for several years now, but I believe the 2020 Games have been planned to take place in Turkey. There was actually a US team of 10 at the 2018 competition, made up mostly of movie stunt riders and rodeo workers.
@MarianneKat 4 жыл бұрын
'Soaking it for a day in water.' ew! I've read about Camp Ball in English medieval days, how about working that one in? Love your show. Thanks
@wanderingexo8689 4 жыл бұрын
Wha .... Ok this is one hell of a recommendation
@ED-yy4te 4 жыл бұрын
There is only one rule: There are no rules.
@Kadeo-ms6qw 4 жыл бұрын
Can you guys cover the Rasputin of the Bronx? It’s an interesting story
@bradleyhite3476 4 жыл бұрын
Are you just saying that because cheddar literally just came out with a video on Rasputin.
@Kadeo-ms6qw 4 жыл бұрын
Bradley Hite I have no clue who cheddar is
@bradleyhite3476 4 жыл бұрын
Kadeo123321 it’s a KZfaq channel. Here is their video about Rasputin they just uploaded kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mLyTnMWZ0bWvqXk.html
@Kadeo-ms6qw 4 жыл бұрын
Bradley Hite I don’t mean the Russian Rasputin, the Rasputin of the Bronx is of no relation
@bradleyhite3476 4 жыл бұрын
Kadeo123321 I know it’s not the same Rasputin but that guy is where they got the name to call him the Rasputin of the Bronx. See article: www.joe.ie/life-style/pic-the-only-known-picture-of-the-irishman-new-york-gangsters-tried-to-kill-with-drink-graphic-525061
@jasonwcoleman250 4 жыл бұрын
Is anyone else imagining Sylvester Stallone riding a horse with a headband and a sheep's hide in hand?
@AlfieEdwards 4 жыл бұрын
please do a video explaining what e-numbers are in food
@loupiscanis9449 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you .
@savagedragon79 4 жыл бұрын
Time away from work? Nobody playing this is clocking in to their job.
@donestrada1309 4 жыл бұрын
Hello! I was wondering if you could debunk or prove that drinking a cows milk and all things dairy are as bad to consume as people now say they are. Idk who started the shift in perspective but which is it? My mother in law acts as if its a sin to drink milk. I just think shes lactose intolerant and wants everyone else to live as if they were too. Please help with some history maybe. Im a big fan of your work. I would take your word over hers in a heart beat lol Happy new year!
@kirbymarchbarcena 4 жыл бұрын
You could say that Simon is a G.O.A.T.
@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube 4 жыл бұрын
Goat Grabbing? That really gets my goat.
@jeremyheminger6882 4 жыл бұрын
"If you let me go free, you may use my friends head for polo".
@tiki_trash 4 жыл бұрын
This really gets my goat!
@lelandgaunt9985 4 жыл бұрын
Goat grabbing sounds like a typical day in the army.
@johnbash-on-ger 4 жыл бұрын
Buzkashi (Goat Grabbing) sounds similar to Bukkake, coincidence? I think NOT! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake Just up the army's alley.
@laurawillits176 4 жыл бұрын
There's a good Buzkashi scene in the film "Khuda Gawa" English title "God is my Witness." Huge splendid film.
@michaeltobias3110 4 жыл бұрын
Video idea: when did insulting another person become a form of comedy. And why is this form of comedy more popular in some countries than others.
@clemstevenson 4 жыл бұрын
Only two rules: 1. NO POOFDAS 2: THERE IS NO RULE NUMBER 2
@bobbulat1393 4 жыл бұрын
In the 1980's the CIA sent a former Green Beret to Afghanistan to fight against the Soviets. He was to date the only westerner to "almost" win in this game. The match was interrupted by a Soviet helicopter attack. The agent's name - John Rambo
@susanboyd5471 4 жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure this will never make it to the Olympics.
@lovingit4450 4 жыл бұрын
This is also cruelty to the horses as well
@margaret-marywhite299 4 жыл бұрын
Love the way Simon says Afghanistan.
@Babarudra 4 жыл бұрын
8:30 Rutgers Ruh!
@richardbidinger2577 4 жыл бұрын
This gets my goat.
@heyyou5189 4 жыл бұрын
Not to be confused with bukakke. Thats a different game altogether
@TodayIFoundOut 4 жыл бұрын
Though still kind of involving beating a goat (of sorts ;-)) -Daven
@owlrecon6263 4 жыл бұрын
Daaaamn Davin
@peterinbrat 4 жыл бұрын
You gotta see The Man Who Would be King
@kingjames4886 4 жыл бұрын
do they eat it after?
@zappawench6048 4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Monty Python's Holy Grail, when they're yeeting animals out of the castle using a catapult!
@markdavis2475 4 жыл бұрын
It’s more like Horse Ball, which is widely played in Europe.
@Polopony20. 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Polo's a bit more civil. (Not that horseball isn't)
@markdavis2475 4 жыл бұрын
@@Polopony20. Don't play myself but my Nephew does, def not very civil!!
@poorbokefella 4 жыл бұрын
Good ol Goat Grabbin....
@captainnoodlez1718 4 жыл бұрын
It's played in Pakistan. Here in Gilgit baltistan and it is very famous sport of Pakistan. We have competition with other cities.
@tiki_trash 4 жыл бұрын
I use beer to inflate my bladder.
@shimmy6066 4 жыл бұрын
Isn't this what Mavrick from R6S does?
@TheReck12 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@watleythewizard2381 4 жыл бұрын
Baigha. I've heard it called baigha.
@tedrex8959 4 жыл бұрын
As rugby predates American football by around half a century I would have thought the shape of the ball was derived, as was American football itself, from that used in rugby. This explanation has a whiff of the Cooperstown myth about it.....
@anarchyantz1564 4 жыл бұрын
I prefer the whiff of Boston myself, especially in summer.
@TodayIFoundOut 4 жыл бұрын
The point there was it's the same basic reason the rugby ball is shaped as it is. It just got slightly refined to be more pointy as the sport developed and ball-making materials and the like advanced.
@auro1986 4 жыл бұрын
can horses kick the "ball"?
@matthewjones8798 4 жыл бұрын
Wait....What?
@tiki_trash 4 жыл бұрын
That's one way to tenderize meat.
@kabulkhan1609 Жыл бұрын
The Afghans was doing Buzkashe On British invaders during the Afghan and British Wars
@bradleysmith9431 3 жыл бұрын
Pig bladders matters
@amommamust 4 жыл бұрын
That is sick shit, no matter how you try to whitewash it.
@NiuhiNui 4 жыл бұрын
Hockey looks better every day.
@jennywright8883 4 жыл бұрын
Guys..amiright?!
@The.Incredible.Mister.E 4 жыл бұрын
High
@ljhoser5842 4 жыл бұрын
Weird
@bradleysmith9431 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how an american mustang would hold up to these horses
@viktorkukuruzovic5332 4 жыл бұрын
afikshiunado??
@jacobhuff3748 4 жыл бұрын
Buzkashi is Afghanistan, no truer words have been said about the graveyard of empires.
@silverpairaducks 4 жыл бұрын
Cenk Uygur sent me here!
@bradleyhite3476 4 жыл бұрын
That piece of sh*t?
@silverpairaducks 4 жыл бұрын
@@bradleyhite3476 has a goat grabber and a gun grabber
@gnome_farmer 4 жыл бұрын
Heathens
@justdueit6199 4 жыл бұрын
Yup.
@CHIL2903 4 жыл бұрын
Speed dating!
@nellz72 4 жыл бұрын
LMAO!
@CHIL2903 4 жыл бұрын
@@nellz72 👍🏻😀😀😀
@helmholtzthemulewatson4763 3 жыл бұрын
PETA.exe has crash
@n3v3rg01ngback 2 жыл бұрын
A pointless struggle over a dead thing…is Afghanistan.
@bobthegoat7090 4 жыл бұрын
I would still rather be that dead goat than the dead duck that got raped for hours
@mohki6973 4 жыл бұрын
If i saw does goats I would have to ask god to forgive me for what i am going to do
@christelheadington1136 4 жыл бұрын
huh ?
@nellz72 4 жыл бұрын
@@christelheadington1136 Something about doing goats....?????
@sirrickthe2nd583 4 жыл бұрын
F'n heathens.
@archontassotiras1141 4 жыл бұрын
Don't justofy savagery
@NajwaLaylah 4 жыл бұрын
Someone could get in so much trouble by mispronouncing the name of this game.
@fireking565 3 жыл бұрын
Buzkashi is Afghanistan 🇦🇫
@flukislucas 4 жыл бұрын
All cultures are equal they say...🧐🐎🐐👌🏻
@walmartsuxhard 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds barbaric to me.
@thefloridamanofytcomments5264 4 жыл бұрын
Such a rich and vibrant culture 🙄
@faiq_000 4 жыл бұрын
The Florida Man Of YT Comments you taking the mick
@Fuzzycat16 4 жыл бұрын
@@faiq_000 Mic*
@owllymannstein7113 4 жыл бұрын
6:11 And here I thought buggering little boys was Afghanistan.
@sarvolfe6435 4 жыл бұрын
Great game for vegans
@wpherigo1 4 жыл бұрын
More environmentally friendly? Not much reason for you to say that. Virtue signaling? Egads.
@spazzCAPP 4 жыл бұрын
Irony, that the reason.
@brett4264 4 жыл бұрын
No Simon, it's barbaric; being played by a society that are little more than a herd of animals. Quit virtue signaling.
@holoholohaolenokaoi2299 4 жыл бұрын
Trump will be reelected
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