Le « tire-bouc », un jeu centrasiatique bien peu touristique
Goat-pulling (kôkpar in Kazakh, kôkbôrù in Kyrgyz), otherwise named Afghan buzkashi, is a game practiced by several Turkic peoples in Central Asia. It is a kind of rugby on horseback played with a dead goat instead of a ball. In Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, it is supposedly part of the nomadic heritag...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Éditions Touristiques Européennes
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Mondes du Tourisme |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/tourisme/3273 |
| Summary: | Goat-pulling (kôkpar in Kazakh, kôkbôrù in Kyrgyz), otherwise named Afghan buzkashi, is a game practiced by several Turkic peoples in Central Asia. It is a kind of rugby on horseback played with a dead goat instead of a ball. In Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, it is supposedly part of the nomadic heritage, whose exoticism could attract tourists. This allegation is nevertheless caused by several misinterpretations, due to unfamiliarity. This violent game presently exists in various forms. As a ritual game organized for life-cycle feasts, it takes part in the ritual and festive economy and gives prestige to the host organizer rather than to the winner. In parallel, it is also played as a sport competition, emerging from a sportification process which had consisted in the formalisation and the transformation of its rules since the middle of the 20th century. Which of these two main forms of goat-pulling (ritual game or emerging sport) will better suit to tourists seeking authenticity, eager to see spectacular performances and at the same time more sensitive to animal welfare than their Central-Asian hosts? |
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| ISSN: | 2109-5671 2492-7503 |