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Fierljeppen

This sport consists of running on a platform towards a long rod that measures between 8 and 13 meters long, jumping towards it, holding on to climb the most high as possible

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Buzkashi

It is the national sport of Afghanistan. It is about two teams of 10 "chapandaz" (riders), who play on a terrain of 400 meters long, on horseback, in two parts of 45 minutes, but the particularity of this sport is that there is no ball, but that play

trying to control the movements to the sides, and ends with a landing on the other side of the pond. The record for now is in the 21 meters.

with the body of a decapitated goat and must carry it to the center of the playing field or to a circular area located at the ends of the field.