Photo: Ulak-tartysh scrum

Place: Sarala-Saz Jailoo, Kochkorka, Narynskaya Oblast', Kyrgyzstan

Jane Keeler

By Jane Keeler
Uploaded on 29 July 2008
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Ulak-tartysh scrum

Ulak-tartysh is a traditional Kyrgyz game in which two teams compete to see who can get the headless carcass of a goat onto a target first. The carcass is fresh, the goat being slaughtered just prior to the game. The winner traditionally gets to keep the carcass; the meat, having been tenderized by the intense pummeling of the game, is supposed to be quite delicious.

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