11/15: Bus Kashi

Tarka · 11-15-2001, 03:26 PM

P.J. O'Rourke describes this game in "Holidays in Hell". The more interesting part of the game is that while there are two teams, but individual players get cash prizes for scoring, which leads to the team itself fighting over the bull as they are trying to score.

O'Rourke describes it as the perfect metaphor for middle-eastern politics.

The book is worth a read, as it describes the original power-plays within Afganistan after the Russians withdrew. Power-plays we are starting to see be reenacted again now ...

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11-15-2001, 03:26 PM	#6
Tarka Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2	P.J. O'Rourke describes this game in "Holidays in Hell". The more interesting part of the game is that while there are two teams, but individual players get cash prizes for scoring, which leads to the team itself fighting over the bull as they are trying to score. O'Rourke describes it as the perfect metaphor for middle-eastern politics. The book is worth a read, as it describes the original power-plays within Afganistan after the Russians withdrew. Power-plays we are starting to see be reenacted again now ...

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