More non-Olympic games from Central Asia
Post categories: Central Asia,ÌýKazakhstan,ÌýOlympic Games
| 14:20 UK time, Thursday, 22 December 2011
Our collection of non-Olympic games is growing. We have seen games played in childhoood and games played on the street.
Send me descriptions of games from your region.
For inspiration, here are two more traditional Kazakh games.
I recorded the first one with my colleagues Johannes Dell and Muhammad Norov on a recent trip to Kazakhstan.
The game is called 'Asyk' and is played with the bone-joints of sheep. Kazakhstan recently staged the first Asyk championship.
Another traditional game from Kazakhstan is eagle-hunting.
Our reporter Shodiyor Sayf sent me his contribution for my collection of non-Olympic games.
Tell me about the traditional games from your region.
Writer in residence Hamid Ismailov is an Uzbek novelist and poet. His work is banned in Uzbekistan and under threat of arrest he moved to London and joined ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service as a journalist. He is now head of the Central Asian service. 