Kupkari-Ulak
Kupkari (ulak, buzkashi) is a traditional Central Asian team competition played on horseback. In Turkic “kup” means “many” and in Persian “kari” mea...
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Kupkari (ulak, buzkashi) is a traditional Central Asian team competition played on horseback. In Turkic “kup” means “many” and in Persian “kari” means “work, case”, hence “kupkari” is “the case of many people”. In Uzbekistan the kupkari competition is also called an ulak. In this game skilled equestrians compete to carry a goat or sheep carcass into a goal. kupkari, Uzbekistan Usually Kupkari is held in spring or autumn, when the Central Asian peoples traditionally celebrate weddings, as wel
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August 03, 2016
I have read about this competition in many books but never quite got a good mental image. This is a stellar capture! Simply beautiful!
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