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00:00Hello friends, this is Tajikistan and this is a championship, a national sport wrestling named Guštigiri.
00:11Tajikistan is a mountainous landlocked country bordered with China, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan.
00:19It's been a part of many empires, notably the Mongol Empire and the Russian Empire .
00:27Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Tajikistan declared independence.
00:33The national sport of Tajikistan is Guštigiri, a form of traditional wrestling. It's distinct for its colorful tradition.
00:42When the towns were divided into Mahalas districts, each district had its own aluf town, who was the best wrestler.
00:51The position usually went to an upright and respected individual, but was often challenged by those of lower rank.
01:00Notably, three citizens of Tajikistan have won Olympic medals since declaring independence and all of them in combat disciplines, wrestling, judo and boxing.
01:12Tajiks are the oldest settled population of Central Asia. The word Tajik means a royal and non-Turk.
01:20A Tajik from Bukhara city, Abu Ali ibn Sina, famous and known in the West as Abyssinna, has written a book, Al-Kanun, The Canon of Medicine.
01:31Abu Ali ibn Sina's The Canon of Medicine was a standard medical textbook in many medieval universities.
01:39In this book, the author, while mentioning about the benefits of traditional martial arts, he describes two types of local wrestling.
01:48Two men grab each other's belt and pulled another. And each man tries to free himself from the opponent's grab.
01:56Two men shake hands with two hands with each other, pass through the right hand under the opponent's left hand and pull to oneself and try to turn down an opponent.
02:08The archaeologists have proven that wrestling was very popular among the Sogdians and Bakhtrians, ancestors of Tajiks.
02:17In Tajikistan, during the National New Year, Navrus, every village, community, town and city organize a New Year Open wrestling competition.
02:28Men of any profession, not only wrestlers, try and join the competition.
02:34According to traditions, children begin the competition, then youngsters continue, and after them, the notable wrestlers compete with each other.
02:45If somebody is defeated in a village Navruzi wrestling competition, his brother competes with the same opponent to save the family crying.
02:53Wrestling is an integral part of the culture of Tajik people. It was a customer that when a family visits their relatives' or friend's house and if there is a boy in the host family who is almost the same age with their son, they ask their son, please wrestle with their son. Let's check who is stronger.
03:14The distinction between wrestle and fight should be noted. The father would always say wrestle.
03:21Tajik national wrestling is very similar to freestyle wrestling, bell wrestling, Iranian wrestling, Afghan wrestling, other Central Asian wrestling and Japanese judo.
03:33In Tajiki wrestling, the pakhlavons should wear the national coat and short pants and fasten a light belt around their waist.
03:43A pakhlavon wrestler may grab and hold his opponent's belt, sleeve or collar or jacket or coat.
03:51Clench below the waist is not allowed. However, the sprints through legs are allowed. The winner is the one who throws an opponent back down first.
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04:19A pakhlavons should wear the cheek, a pakhlavon.
04:23Khashib-san.
04:26Other people know less than 25% of their widespread
