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AFP Photo exhibition : "Sport and Tradition"
Bull Racing
Coal Carrying
Kushti
Maasai Cricket
Makepung
Oil Wrestling
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In the heart of the city that will host the Olympic Games in 2020, Agence France-Presse (AFP) is putting on an exhibition of 55 photographs on the theme of "Sport and Tradition." This exhibition brings together in one place stunning images taken by AFP photographers around the world.
It goes beyond the sports news covered in real time every day by AFP and brings to life around 20 traditional ancestral sports or games that have sprung up from more recent customs: the competitions, pre-game preparations, behind-the-scenes action, the drama.
The agile horsemen from the green valleys of Kyrgyzstan sit alongside jockeys from the elegant Piazza del Campo in the mediaeval Italian city of Siena. Turkish wrestlers, their bodies glistening with olive oil, grapple side-by-side with the "Kushti" fighters in India and Pakistan, covered from head to toe in dirt.
Water buffalo races in Indonesia inspired by work on the farm bring to mind the acrobatics performed by the cowboys on the New Continent, also a reminder of the work of cattle ranchers.
There is a brief description, in French, English and Japanese, of these disciplines, often not well known to the general public.
Created by the Tokyo bureau with the support of Nikon, a longtime AFP partner, the exhibition is expected to travel throughout Japan and in other countries.
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