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I was the only woman at this event held in a field a few hours outside of Samarqand, Uzbekistan. Ulak Tartysh is a popular game in this country and hundreds of men compete on horseback for a goat carcass. They then have to keep their opponents from taking the carcass and bring it to the end of the field in their leg where they then get a prize. On a rainy/snowy day like this, the carcass supposedly weighed up to 80 kg. These men were competing to win some live goats that were with me in the dump truck that I scaled to take photos.

About author:

I write and shoot photographs because I believe art is the most important medium for exchanging dialogue and creating change. I am a former social worker and am passionate about human rights issues and the empowerment of women and marginalized communities. I believe in using my pen and camera as grassroots tools to both honor hope and fight oppression in a nonviolent manner.

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