Kokpar (rugby on horseback! dead goat polo!) August 2025, 51°12’00.9″N 71°41’08.6″E


In the Kazakh national game, teams vie to grab a goat carcass (above), and drop it in a ring for a point on either side of the playing field. Beyond that it is hard to figure out what counts as a foul and why there are restarts.

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