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Afghan Kite Fighting

Sports in Afghanistan

Kite Fighting during the Taliban Rule

What does a fighter kite look like?

Where did it first begin?

  • Made of thin paper and bamboo wood that allowed for malleability and flexibility.

  • Sadda

  • Manjha.
  • In 1996, the Taliban government in Afghanistan banned kite fighting

  • The purpose of the ban

  • If found disobeying
  • China

  • Made from thin bamboo strips, silk fabric and strong stringed silk

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-jeff-hood/the-taliban-in-the-self_b_6342388.html

http://www.macfighterkites.co.uk/macfighterkites.htm

https://www.chinasprout.com/shop/culture/toys/kites

Symbolic Significance

Kite Fighting

  • Pride

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_kite

https://www.flickr.com/photos/unama/3919091655/

  • Only boys

  • Charka gir

  • Gudiparan baz

  • Kite runners.

  • The objective of the game

  • Owner of the last kite and bring home the last fallen kite

http://www.sciforums.com/threads/kite-flying-back-in-afghanistan.75139/

http://irvingesquivel27.blogspot.ca/2012_02_01_archive.html

Where did kite fighting take place?

  • Afghanistan

Dangers of kite fighting

http://www.pbase.com/image/123595131

  • Sharp string

  • Fallen kite

  • • In 2007, Pakistan banned kite fighting

Sports Special to Afghanistan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manja_%28kite%29

  • Topay-danda
  • Buzkashi
  • Tent-pegging
  • Kite Fighting

Popular Universal Sports Played in Afghanistan

  • Wrestling (Palwani)
  • Martial Arts
  • Soccer
  • Shooting
  • Running
  • Boxing
  • Cricket
  • Basketball
  • Bicycle racing
  • Archery

Training

http://apps.npr.org/buzkashi/

Tudabarai and Qarajai

  • Players

  • Horses

  • May seems simple but it is not

  • Best chapandaz are over 40
  • “A headless carcass (the flesh is stronger and the carcass lasts longer) is placed in the center of a circle and surrounded by the players of two opposing teams. The object of the game is to get control of the carcass and bring it to the scoring area.”

  • “Points are awarded for successfully completing the task of getting control of the carcass, and getting it to the proper scoring area.”

Buzkashi

Tudabarai

http://cdn.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/05/04/Buzkashi-Muslim-Game-Played-In-Afghanistan-With-Goat-Carcass

  • “In order to score, the rider must obtain possession of the carcass and then carry it away from the starting circle in any direction.”

Origins

Qarajai

  • Buzkashi

  • “Believe the game originated [around] 800 years ago, with the invading Mongol armies of Genghis Khan, whose skilled horsemen pillaged villages, stealing sheep and other livestock at full gallop.”

  • “Afghan villagers developed the same tactic to steal back their livestock from the Mongol occupiers, creating the foundations of the game”
  • “The task is much more complex. The players must carry the calf around a marker, and then return the carcass to the team's designated scoring circle.”

http://www.afghan-web.com/sports/buzkashi.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzkashi

https://bellyblog2.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/ritualmagieman-lernt-nie-aus/

http://sport-kid.net/buzkashi.html

http://www.afghan-web.com/sports/buzkashi.html

How to get the carcass

After the game

Origins

  • If you win

  • What remains of the goat
  • “...anchors a foot into the stirrup which allows the player to slip down from the saddle. Then the player will dip down to the ground and, with one hand, try to get a hold of the goat carcass (weighs 160 pounds),while holding onto the reins with the other. Then the other player will beat one another with whips in an attempt to get a hold of the carcass."
  • Cricket

  • During the 1990's

  • “Gained popularity in early 2002, when Afghan refugees who have lived in Pakistan returned home and brought the sport with them"

Facts

http://muslimahinsolace.blogspot.ca/2013/09/hijab-for-men-to-veil-or-not-to-veil.html

http://www.zarinas.com/mensvests.shtml

During the Taliban rule

  • First tournament

  • First match

  • Women's cricket team

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/24/sports/cricket/24iht-cricket24.html?_r=0

During the Taliban rule

Cricket

  • Cricket was banned by the Taliban

  • The clothing

  • Topay danda

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

  • Buzkashi was banned because it was considered immoral.

  • “After the U.S. ousted the Taliban (2001), the new Afghan government proclaimed [Buzkashi as a] national sport, organizing tournaments across the land”.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19643322

http://framework.latimes.com/2013/01/04/the-week-in-pictures-113/#/0

http://sports.af/afghanistan-clinch-top-icc-cricket-development-awards-2014-02-21/

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/04/afghanistan_march_2011.html

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