Buzkashi
بزکشیResearch in progress
This page for Buzkashi exists as a structure. Its history, rules, variations and regional names are still being sourced from documented material, and nothing is published here until it can be attributed.
- oneLiner
- history
- rules
- variations
- faqs
- sources
- safety
- alsoKnownAs.region
- quickFacts.currentStatus
If you have played it, or hold photographs or printed references, contribute what you know.
Play slot
Playable version coming soon
Buzkashi is documented here first. A playable version will appear in this panel when it is built — nothing else on the page will move.
Quick facts
- Players
- Two mounted teams
- Age range
- 18+
- Equipment
- horse, carcass or weighted substitute
- Playing area
- Large open field
- Category
- Equestrian Games
- Season
- Winter and spring festivals
- Regions
- Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan
- Current status
- NEEDS SOURCING — describe how widely the game is played today, with a source
Regional context on the main library: Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan