PAKISTAN, Islamabad-April 05:A Pakistani horse rider wearing the national costumes (Shalwar Kameez and traditional turban on head) hits his target as he takes part in a three-day tent-pegging or Neza-Bazi traditional competition to mark the the advent of ‘Jashn-e-Baharan’ or Spring Festival in Islamabad on April 5, 2014. Participants of the tent pegging game try to hit and take the nailed wooden block off the ground with a spear. Players start to run their horses and try to hit the target, and pick it with lance. Credit: PACIFIC PRESS/Alamy Live News


PAKISTAN, Islamabad-April 05:A Pakistani horse rider wearing the national costumes (Shalwar Kameez and traditional turban on head) hits his target as he takes part in a three-day tent-pegging or Neza-Bazi traditional competition to mark the the advent of ‘Jashn-e-Baharan’ or Spring Festival in Islamabad on April 5, 2014. Participants of the tent pegging game try to hit and take the nailed wooden block off the ground with a spear. Players start to run their horses and try to hit the target, and pick it with lance. Tent pegging is the game of brave people, while the daring horsemen use their strategies and tactics in this traditional sport and amused the spectators by applying best by / Pacific Press


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