Morocco entered horses to three thousand years ago, and provided him with the Arab Persians introduction of Islam in the seventh century. ...
Morocco entered horses to three thousand years ago, and provided him with the Arab Persians introduction of Islam in the seventh century. In the fifteenth century it was launched Games «Altbordh», and then adopted the gun instead of a bow in the sixteenth century.
«Altbordh» authentic Moroccan heritage of my people, the researchers point out that provides pages of the history of the national struggle against the invaders, resistance and Jihad. Therefore usual when Moroccans in every occasion and holiday national art »Fantasia» celebrate this taken its name from the gunpowder guns Weather name. It is said that this art appeared in Morocco since ancient times. And Moroccans who have horses trained to «Altbordh» are of the finest folk tribe, Vosahabha respected owners Nakhweh and value to them in their tribe.
Says social scientist Ali Arfaoui: «paint a traditional Moroccan equestrian arts heroic attitudes that stop them heroes, which they refer to in their songs and their cries Mwaoelhm and glorifying the gun and gunpowder». He adds: «lead art Altbordh Knights Mrtgelon attend in circles around an elderly man, is the head of Altbordh band, and begin to turn around the ring, chanting a variety of phrases to remember the movement of jihad, then firing their guns in the direction of the sky or in the direction of the land belonging the signal Sheikh Altbordh ».
Each group consists of 10 to 20 horsemen, and be very disciplined to implement «Altbordh» with accuracy, and cost «Alam» which is often not the largest cavalry, the task of organizing his horsemen and encourage them. The difficult task for the Knights is to rein in their horses that are on the hurry to issue the race.
Upon entering the yard Display Group, announces «Alam» aloud the name of his tribe and highlights the courage of his men. And line up the Knights in a straight line at the starting point, and that «Sheikh» called referring to the start of the race, nothing more horses speeding hundred meters almost distance, during which horsemen demonstrate their skills, both in the control of their horses to keep them in the classroom, or in terms of movements their guns. Knights must be put pressure on the trigger of their guns to give «Alam» noted that, because the success of «Altbordh» lies in shots of gunpowder in one moment. Tradition requires that need to be the knight who commits an error in the shot gunpowder walking on his feet and not on his horse «punishment» for him. And is preparing a new city (100 km from Casablanca) to embrace the sixth session of the «Persians Gallery» which will be held this year under the slogan «Persians tool Moroccan radiation civilized» between 2 and 6 October (October). And in Sttsabak Offers «Altbordh» 16 sets of cavalry, from different Moroccan regions, each of which consists of 15 horsemen. The course program includes educational, cultural and scientific workshops associated with the slogan session, as well as seminars on the latest developments in the field of medicine and surgery at sport horses, and the laws of the international movement of horses.
And experiencing the sixth session for «Persians Gallery» also organizing international match for the beauty of Arabian horses, with the participation of about a hundred of high quality Arabian horses.
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