- Name of sport (game): Kabakhi
- Name in native language: Kabakhi
- Place of practice (continent, state, nation):
Georgia
- History:
Kabakhi is one of the oldest Georgian sport game. It is known, that in middle ages and even earlier (since the time of Vakhtang Gorgasali) kabakhi stood in old Tbilisi (assumedly, in the area of Ortachala). A lot of people used to attend kabakhoba, held in the center of the city.
- Description:
Kabakhi is about 6 meters high column, where some object (e.g. precious chalice) or ball is placed. The rider, who manages to throw this object down by shooting arrow, takes it as a gift. The game is held in individual, as well as in team manner. The horseman gallops the horse towards the kabakhi. As soon as he approaches kabakhi, he shoots the arrow to the target. The rider can shoot two arrows. The rider-winner gets the target as the reward.
Bows are made of bendable wood (walnut, cornelian cherry, alder). Its size is not limited; arrows can also be on any length and thickness. Tip is placed on the top of the arrow, which, due to its weight, ensures linear movement of the arrow. - Current status:
Practiced
- Contacts:
National Federation Of Georgian Equestrian Folk Games Development
David Tsirekidze, President
Address:
Georgia 0179, Tbilisi, Kipshidze str. 7g.
Telephone number: +995 595 989 292, +995 599 236 226,
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The information contained in the article comes from the following sources:
Davit Tsirekidze, President of National Federation of Georgian Equestrian Folk Games DevelopmentSource of photos used in this article and gallery:
Davit Tsirekidze, President of National Federation of Georgian Equestrian Folk Games Development - Gallery:
- Name of sport (game): Kamena s ramena
- Place of practice (continent, state, nation):
Serbia
- Sources of information :
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qXmQeg41qY
- Name of sport (game): Kapela, eng. Chapel
- Name in native language: Kapela
- Place of practice (continent, state, nation):
Poland (Pomerania region, Greater Poland (Wielkopolska), occasionally in other places and countries, e.g. in China.
- History:
The name of this game comes from an Italian word capella (Eng: the Chapel).
In the past, shepherds used to play it at Kociewie (Pomerania region at the seaside in northern Poland). They had many field stones in this area, which they were using to play.
Over time, this game was forgotten but in the recent decades it has been reactivated in some villages of Kociewie region by local authorities. Then, it was spread, among others, to Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) voivodeship where it was further popularized. - Description:
Kapela consists in playing a kind of a duel between two players. One person, acting as a so-called Kapelamaster, stands in the middle of the field with a hat / a cup on his/her head (you can use also e.g. bean bags instead of hats) and puts a small construction of stones (one on another) next to him or her. It resembles a chapel – hence the name of the game.
Around the Kapelamaster, there are usually 8 players (their number can of course be changed) who form a circle. Each of them has a wooden ball in his hand (it was a stone in the past).
One of these players starts the game by throwing or rolling the ball towards the stone chapel so that it falls over. If he or she succeeds, he/she runs for the ball and returns with it (the same path) to his/her place.
At the same time, the task of Kapelamaster is to rebuild the chapel and then to throw a cap / a hat (from his/her head) at the player running after the ball. If he hits him/her, before he/she returns with the ball to his/her place, the hit person becomes the new Kapelamaster. If Kapelamaster misses or fails to rebuild the chapel (or the stones fall during the game), Kapelamaster remains in his/her place and another player from the circle tries to knock down the stone chapel, by throwing or rolling his/her ball.
There are basically no winners or losers in this game. After each turn, the Kapelamaster either changes and becomes one of the players from the circle or not and he or she continues to play his/her role until he/she successfully rebuilds the chapel and hits someone with a hat. You can play until the game gets bored or spontaneously come up with another way to end it.
- Current status:
Kapela is still vivid. However, it is played only occasionally in some villages, communes or towns. In Osieczna commune (Kociewie region, Pomerania) there is an event called World Championships in Kapela (here a plural form of “Kapele” is used), played every year since 2000. In Greater Poland region, kapela is presented and played also only occasionally, for instance during practical classes for children and adults (organized, among others, by the author of this article).
This sport has also been shown in many places in Poland and abroad, among others at the World Sport for All Games in Lithuania (2012), at the First European Week of Sport in Belgium (2015) and at the I European Sport for All Games in the Netherlands (2018).
It has also reached China where it was introduced to the activities of small children by Zhu Qian, after he had read about it on the blog: www.inspirowanysportem.pl - Importance (for practitioners, communities etc.):
Kapela is a cheerful, traditional game, very good for the whole families. It gives a lot of joy from the duel – a running competition between the Kapelamaster and the consecutive players from the circle.
It is a simple, joyful, running game, derived from Polish pastoral traditions and now returning as an attractive physical activity for children, adults, whole families, the elderly and everyone interested. - Contacts:
Bartosz Prabucki, PhD,
Expert of traditional sports, Institute for the Development of Sport and Education (IRSiE)
www.inspirowanysportem.pl - Sources of information :
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- Name of sport (game): Kärntenringen (Karnten Ringen)
- Name in native language: Kärntenringen (Karnten Ringen)
- Place of practice (continent, state, nation):
Austria (Carinthia)
- Description:
Karnten Ringen is played on send or grass, outdoor, during the Parish day summer festivals.It is a standing up wrestling style with clothes.
The wrestlers wear an open jacket and a trouser, and shoes. Wrestlers grip in the jacket with hands. Legs can attack legs.Tricks are done mainly with legs and feet (with shoes). No weight categories. Victory is given by points after time limit. A fall on any part of the body, upper to the knees give one point.
- Name of sport (game): Kenchaoba
- Name in native language: Kenchaoba
- Place of practice (continent, state, nation):
Georgia
- Description:
fencing, sword fighting
