BUZKASHI : THE MOST DANGEROUS SPORT

"Goat grabbing" is the second name of buzkashi which is one of the Afghanistan's national sports. It is a game that has been played nowhere else other than Afghanistan. Many people claimed buzkashi as the most dangerous sport by looking on how the game is played. the history of this game is still unsure but many people believe it was brought to Afghanistan by Gengis Khan's Mongol hordes roughly 800 years ago along with much destruction. According to some historians' opinions, this game has been invented as a defence against the hordes of Genghis Khan who were very adept at sweeping down on an Afghan village on horseback and grabbing precious sheep and goats and other pillage at a full gallop. Other historians claim that the game was played originally with the body of a dead prisoner of war.

A headless calf will be the main attraction to all participants.

The rules of this game is very simple. A headless calf is placed in the starting circle at one of the field. The participants on horseback, called chapandaz or wrestlers, have to fight and try to pick up the carcass, ride to the other end of the field, circle a flag pole, return to the starting end, dropping the carcass in a chalk circle on the ground designated for each team. For circling the first flag they get one point. For dropping the calf in the circle they score two points.

The flow of the game on how the participant has to move in the track.

Buzkashi has been claimed as the most dangerous sport by some people because of the unlimited participants who can participate in this game and no rules restrict the action of the players. However, The Afghan Olympic committee has refined the sport a bit, by limiting the players to 10 participants per team, outlawing knives and weapons other than small whips, and holding the competition in a stadiums in Kunduz and Kabul. They have also made it against the rules to intentionally hit another player with a whip. Buzkashi is a very interesting game which should be tried by many people from all over the world.

The higher the number of participants of this game,
the higher the challenges to win the game.