NATIONAL SPORTS
Sport is very popular in our republic. Yakutia has its own lovers of sport, fans and sportsmen. There are some national kinds of sports such as jumping, national wrestling khapsagai, tug-of-war and horse-racing.
Khapsagai – national wrestling is similar to free-style wrestling, but it has its own rules. The loser is that sportsman who first touches the ground, the floor or the carpet with any part of body. It demands mental and physical abilities and enormous practice. Khapsagai is translated as adroitness. For centuries Yakuts regarded adroitness as perfection of man’s abilities which integrates cleverness, power, quickness, grace and other qualities.
Kyly – one takes a run and performs eleven jumps on two legs. It looks like the running of a deer or an elk. Kuobakh – a sportsman performs eleven jumps from the sport on both legs. It reminds hare’s jumps. (written by Polina Kopach)
There are three types of jumps: kyly, ystanga, kuobakh.
Kyly – one takes a run and performs eleven jumps on two legs. It looks like the running of a deer or an elk. Kuobakh – a sportsman performs eleven jumps from the sport on both legs. It reminds hare’s jumps. (written by Polina Kopach)
