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| RadiKal! |
Howdy Yall and Feliz Navidads to todos mis amigos out there.
If you are all the sudden wondering, hey this isn't the site I was looking for. Check your browser bud, and you accidentally typed in "Bozkashi", and not the Japanese stuff you were probably looking for. No worries and no judgements here, feel free to read along and join the fun, we are all friends.
Anyhow back to where I was, ah yes, a Feliz Navidad and Festive Kwanzaa to all. So while I am figuring out what sort of fun can be had this Xmas in K-Town, not much really, all the expat amigos are gone along with the high school bonanzas, and pretty sure that not too many folks celebrate it here. Kindofa bummer, cuz all you gotta do is make a list and some dude basically brings you tons of free shit. Everybody loves free shit right. Maybe I will let a couple of my close friends here in on the secret. Maybe.........
Well in lieu of hitting up some holiday fiestas and eggnogging it up, like yall, I chose rather to partake in some sporting events here in lovely K-Town. Well actually in the hills outside of K-Town, down a couple muddy roads and past like a billion military checkpoints. FYI if anyone is looking for some free massages, just give me a ringle and we can roll past every checkpoint in the city and you will be totally satisfied and more. Military hands all over yourself. FYI if you hate airport security, don't give me a ringle and just wait for me to return, cuz you will be literally Man-Handled with authority here.
Sorry sidetracked again, now back to our original programming, sports. Buzkashi! Know what that is? If you guessed one of the craziest sports ever invented then you are correct. If you guessed horses biting horses, horses biting dudes, dudes biting horses, and one dead calf, then you also get a point as well. If you didn't guess either, don't worry you are still my friend, maybe....... Just kidding, I heart you.
Basically this is a "sport" where teams of 12 dudes and twelve horsies, square off and try to drag a dead headless calf down a muddy field around a flag, 1 point, then back down the muddy field to the circle where the dead critter would started, 2 points. Easy Peezy. Except for the fact that the dead critter is real fucking heavy, like a hundred plus pounds, and there are dudes on horsies chasing you all over the goddam place. PETA would have a fucking field day with sport to say the least. Like everybody would be covered in paint.
The nuances of this sport are still a bit beyond me, but from what I saw, you got big horsies for blocking and lil itty bitty horsies for picking up the dead critter and running for glory. But because the critter is heavy, one cannot really pick it up clean and easy, but rather pick it up, ride for 20 yards, then usually it falls. Once it falls, then back to square one, which is both teams crowding around trying to regain the prize. This man on horse action actually takes the longest as the high points are few and far between, and is when one would really kill for a beer sitting in the stands. See Below.
Some fun parts here are when someone and his steed decides to get wile-n-out, rear up and charge through the crowd with authority. This gets a bit hairy, and probably pretty fucking dangerous. Although the match I saw was pretty tame, from what I hear, its pretty common to lose a toe or a life in this game, especially in the provinces, where dudes are pretty badass, ok more like real badass. Like always I snapped some photos for your viewing pleasure.
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| Bitey Practice |
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| This Was The Team I Was Rootin For! K-Town Broncos! |
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| Even Kiddos Heart Horsies! |
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| Even Hired Guns Heart Horsies! |
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| K-Town |
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| Lets Get Ready to rUmBLe! |
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| Look at the Dude in Front in Red. He Got It! |
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| Just a Couple of Generals |
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| This Dude Dominated |
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| Half Time Entertainment |
No day of Buzkashi would be complete without a lil pageantry, and luckily we got to see some generals riding around, and then even lunch at Uncle Fahim's house(Marshal Mohammad Fahim, google him if you like, interesting shit).
I know yall be ready to spend some Xmas with some loved ones, but thanks for listening. Feliz Navidad to yall and to yall a good night.
Besos
Lorli
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