Kok-Boru - Kyrgyz National Game

Kok boru also known as Ulak Tartysh is the national game of Kyrgyzstan, and also played in other central Asian republics such as Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. ’Kok boru’ is in fact the traditional name for the game and literally means ’gray wolf’. Its origins likely go back centuries, even perhaps as far back as the days of Genghis Khan, harking back to the time when herds of cattle grazed in the steppes and mountains and the nomadic horseman had to protect their herds from the depredation