Origin of Polo hosts tournament + photos

Tehran has hosted the tournament of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani Polo Cup on Friday.

Polo (Chogan) is a sporting team game with horses. It was considered an aristocratic game and held in a separate field, on specially trained horses.

The current form of the game originated in ancient Iran in the middle of the first millennium A.D., and was a Persian national sport played extensively by the nobility.

UNESCO has recognized the team sport as an intangible cultural heritage of Iran.

Here, catch some photos of the polo event held in Iranian capital of Tehran.

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