Sophia, Buzkashi of course is featured in the great movie "The Horsemen" with Omar Shariff. It is an excellent view of this game which I understand outlawed knives from the horseback comptetition in 1963. A very similar game is played in Argentina called Pato which I understand means "duck". A small ball is covered with rawhide handles and mounted teams try to get the ball down the field without being trounced by the other team. They then throw the ball through a huge basketball looking hoop which is verticle rather than horizontal. Hope this helps, or at least is interesting. Bruce Smith, Admiral Nimitz Museum, Federicksburg, Texas [log in to unmask]