Amazing photographs of playing ‘Buzkashi’ in Chipurson, Gojal in Hunza

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Amazing photographs of playing ‘Buzkashi’ in Chipurson, Gojal in Hunza

Horse riders play ‘Buzkashi’ game in Chipurson valley of Gojal tehsil in Hunza district.

Chipurson Valley borders with the strategically located Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan. Buzkashi, means grabbing goat, is centuries old traditional game in Wakhan Afghanistan. The horse riders of rival teams compete to take the slaughtered goat or calf and throw it in a circle fixed on the Buzkashi ground.

Photo: Abid Karim Tashi









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Buzkashi in Chipurson Valley..







The festival provides the locals of Chipursan and the residents of Wakhan to interact, trade, and enjoy together”, said Mirzo, a resident of Wakhan Valley who had traveled through a glacier and peaks for days to cross the border and attend the festival.



Players from the Wakhn region busy in playing Buzkashi, a traditional game played on horses

 

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