{"id":57748,"date":"2016-01-24T14:26:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T09:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=57748"},"modified":"2016-01-24T22:54:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T17:54:49","slug":"skardu-amazing-photographs-of-paidal-polo-on-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2016\/01\/24\/skardu-amazing-photographs-of-paidal-polo-on-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Skardu: Amazing photographs of &#8220;Ko-Polo&#8221; game"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Skardu: K0-Polo, or on-foot polo, is a traditional game played in Baltistan. This year, the game was played during\u00a0the <em>Winter Sports and Culture Festival<\/em> when the land was filled with snow. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>These photographs not only show the\u00a0excitement of the Ko-Polo players, but also captures the beauty of the\u00a0snow clad\u00a0mountains and fields. Ko-Polo, in essence, is basically snow hockey!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Photos: Raza Qaseer\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/malik-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-57749\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57749\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/malik-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C680\" alt=\"malik (5)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/malik-5.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/malik-5.jpg?resize=450%2C299&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/malik-5.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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This year, the game was played during\u00a0the Winter Sports and Culture Festival when the land was filled with snow. These photographs not only show the\u00a0excitement of the Ko-Polo players, but also captures the beauty of the\u00a0snow clad\u00a0mountains and fields. 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