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Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright Manage No EE00001073 Country Uzbekistan ICH Domain Performing Arts Address Qashqadarya, Surkhandarya, Samarkand Bukhara and Tashkent regionsYear of Designation 2015
| Description | Kopkari (ulaq, buzkashi) - a traditional equestrian competition among the peoples of Central Asia. Kopkari is usually held in spring or autumn, when weddings are traditionally celebrated among Central Asian peoples, as well as on the spring holiday - Navruz. |
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| Social and cultural significance | Kopkari is the contest of horse riders. Before weddings and other ceremonies our ancestors feasted palow and at the end of the ceremony they conducted kopkari performances. Kopkari is also called as “Uloq”. Kopkari is mainly an individual contest. This ancient game since several thousand years linked Central Asian, in general Eastern nations with the links of friendship. It brings up young generation in the spirit of physical health, quick-wittedness and strength. The secrets, knowledge and experience of how to feed the kopkari horses, how to bring it up, chilling it out, the ways of making them “smart” is being passed from generation to generation. Kopkari is the game of peace calmness and plays an important role in bringing up the men to whom grandfathers, mothers and children rely on. At present several kopkari games are being organized in several districts of Kashkadarya, Surkhandarya, Samarkand and Bukhara regions. |
| Transmission method | Transmission of the art is mainly by organizing and performing Kopkari contests at weddings and many other festivities. |
| Community | Centers in Surkhandarya, Khashkadarya, Samarkand, Tashkent and Bukhara regions |
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Kopkari (horseback snatching)
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Kopkari (ulaq, buzkashi) - a traditional equestrian competition among the peoples of Central Asia. Kopkari is usually held in spring or autumn, when weddings are traditionally celebrated among Central Asian peoples, as well as on the spring holiday - Navruz.
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