Analysis Of The Traditional Game Of Buzkashi By Whitney Azoy

Whitney Azoy, in his book “Buzkashi”, who was an earlier officer at US embassy in Afghanistan, replied and illustrated that how the traditional game of Buzkashi shows the lifecycle of Afghans. The writer wants to be a lively part in the day-to-day lives of Afghans to be more familiar with the rule and regulation of Buzkashi and its consistent consequences in the lives of Afghans. Beforehand, when Whitney Azoy was functioning as an officer, a friend of him advised him that in order to know Afghans, Buzkashi is a better approach for that.

The game of Buzkashi in Afghanistan, years back to the period while the Turkic-Mongol people from North and east were playing it as part of their tradition and customs. Buzakashi is being held in a special occasion such as Eid, New Year and wedding celebration. Buzkashi is a festival which was hold in specific period of time and it is being played publicly and large proportion of people participate in this game but only the elite class has the ability to pay the expenses of Buzakashi sicne it is the game of wealthy people such as khan, Maliks, political leader.

The writer talked about three key proportions of this game; Buzkashi as a tributeor commemorative, Buzkashi as a metaphor or symbol, and Buzkashi as a field for political procedure. Buzkashi as a tribute or commemorative discusses that how this game reserves the cultural birthright and the customary liability of Afghan’s daily life along with its integrity and manliness, Buzkashi is more than as a simply engagingin a game. Metaphorically or as a symbol Buzkashi is refers to a disordered and hectic site in which everyone is thinking about his self-regard and its own benefits. The word Buzkashi is so widespread in most of the northern an...

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...ey will try more to not violate the game and its rules. According to writer, in Afghanistan the notion of unanimity is abundant to the ethnic group or ‘qaum’. In addition, if the members of Buzkashi are all related to the same ethnic group or qaum, then there would be less disputes and arguments among the participants.

The game of Buzkashi has protracted its import to a wider sense of political pressure among robust or strong states who have a political stake over the planned assets of delicate states. For instance, if we see at the history of Afghanistan or Iran, we undoubtedly observe that the tactical location of these two countries have imperiled them and symbolically involved them in a Buzkashi game. Whereas, Afghanistan’s and Iran’s planned assets have been the calf carcass and the states challenging over these assets are the chapandazans or Buzkashi players.