Friday photo: Are you ready for some Buzkashi?

Fri, 02/29/2008 - 6:19pm

Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 29: Afghans play Buzkashi during a weekly game February 29, 2008 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Buzkashi, or 'goat dragging', is played with two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded 30 kg calf, goat or sheep into a scoring circle. The Afghan national sport which was outlawed during the Taliban regime is played from late October to March every year. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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Balls are SO passe...

Balls are SO passe...

Afghans having fun?

After all they've suffered, I'll go with that

Buzkashi has been around for

Buzkashi has been around for hundreds if not thousands of years. Since finding materials to make balls or other objects to play with is not readily available in Afghanistan - they make use of what they've got - livestock.

It's kind of like polo only instead of a ball and mallets - they use a sacrificial animal to score goals with.

Is that Rambo in the background?

Is that Rambo in the background?