Ulak Tartysh

Oy vey! This last weekend was the annual Bishkek Goat Bowl, which is like the Turkey Bowl expect we play ulak tartysh instead of American football. My team was the Chuy Province Djigits—the rule is you need one foreigner per team, and I was the lucky one. It was a rough go and I am well tired. The most excitement was when I got caught in the middle of a kyz kuumai event, but luckily I hid beneath the nearest goat carcass before I disrupted things too much.