"Bird Fight"
Bird owners , spectators and gamblers congregate
in a backyard arena in Kabul's Old City early on Friday mornings to enjoy
the non-blood sport of dueling Bodahna's, a bird of desert origin. The
birds peck at each other without ever drawing blood.The winner will be the
owner whose opponent submits and avoids needless damage to his precious and
expensive bird. This is never a fight to the death. Like any pastime that
involved domesticated animals, it was banned under Taliban rule. November
2004
