"Charicar"
Agha Reza playing 'Kafter Bazi' (Playing
Pigeons as it is translated from Dari) sends off his flock of pigeons from
his roof in Charicar, on the Shamali Plain. He is considered the most
skillful birdman in the area. 'Kafter Bazi' is a competitive sport where
neighbours will pit their flocks against each other by allowing both groups
to fly together over the neighbourhood and when each owner calls them back,
the aim is to confuse a bird, or birds, from the other flock into returning
with the wrong team. Nov 2001
