Kok Boru

Title: „Kok Boru“ Creator/Artist: Anne Schmeltzer Time limited open edition Kok Boru (meaning "grey wolf") is the national sport of Kyrgyzstan. It's a horseback competition, which is traditionally played for amusement as well as to improve physical and mental strength and skills. There are two teams, whose players are - from the horse - trying to grab a beheaded animal carcass, usually a goat or a sheep, and throw it in the goal, for example consisting of a tire. The teams will consistently try to steal the "ball" from each other and score the most goals. In this picture here you can see how skilled the riders and horses are, they often trained for years. The rider is grabbing the s...View all