a lot of sports make no sense to me
curling is ridiculous
water polo is just polo for cowards
and fencing is a horrendous waste of time
but even these look normal compared to some of the lesser known sports of the world
I don't think any is weirder than Buzkashi
the name Buzkashi might sound familiar to you
but that's a whole different thing
apparently it literally means goat pulling
which pretty much describes the sport
so you've got 2 teams of around 10 people
each trying to throw a ball into a hole on the playing field
it actually seems like a pretty normal game
but then you look closer and realize it's not a ball
it's a dead goat
the entire purpose of the game is fighting over a dead animal
they're allowed to be pretty violent with each other
it's actually common to see players trampled by a horse
which to be honest I'm kind of a fan of
I'd like to see it implemented in most sports
I mean look at this guy
that's a broken rib cage back neck
and probably like spleen or something
the sport comes from nomadic regions of central Asia
so I can see the value in fighting over a goat
though I'm not sure why they throw it in a hole
But that turns out to be the best part of it
almost every time a player tries to score
they end up falling i the goal themselves
like this time
I mean who loves dead goats this much
because that's a hard landing
some of these guys probably get knocked unconscious
imagine waking up in a well next to a headless dead goat
in most sports that just doesn't happen
it's said to be one of the oldest sports in the world
and is actually the national sport of Afghanistan
it's a bit much to have as a national sport
but to be fair the national sport of Canada is probably like
maple syrup
at one point the Taliban outlawed it
because apparently it's too weird even for them
personally I'd like to see Buzkashi spread to Europe
a lot of players end up like this guy
with a mouth full of mud
I like that the horses seem to get hurt a lot less than their riders
you can't really say the same for the goats
but that's just Buzkashi
according to legend the sport began with the Mongol invasions of central Asia
bands of Mongol troops would often take livestock from local villages
the inevitable chase evolved into what's now Buzkashi
traditionally riders are allowed to assault each other
usually with their whip
in more modern games you're not allowed to whip other players
but sometimes they do anyway because why not
and here's the thing
I'm not sure there's a referee
I'm yet to see one
to be honest a lot of this sport is just a group of men on horseback
beating each other
with a dead goat on the floor beside them
so even if you remove the goat the bulk of Buzkashi would still be the same
and that opens the door to Buzkashi becoming an Olympic sport
so there you have it
Buzkashi
the weirdest sport I know of
during my research for this video I came across this statue of a polo player
and there's something about it I find creepy
there's no life behind it's eyes
they could have at least pained it but they didn't
so now it's just there with it's weird grey face