"In Buzkashi Boys, an Academy Award nominee for live action short film, two boys in Kabul dream of
winning fame on horseback in Afghanistan’s aggressive national sport, buzkashi,
where riders compete for control of the headless body of a goat.
To learn more
about this unusual sport, Pop Omnivore’s Brad Scriber talked with photographer Matthieu Paley. He has been working in central Asia
for 13 years and has photographed a number of buzkashi matches, including one
for the February feature article "Stranded on the Roof of the World" about life in
Afghanistan’s northeastern panhandle, the Wakhan corridor."
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