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Cirit

Cirit, also jereed, is a traditional mounted game in which rider teams score with blunt throwing sticks/javelins, evasion, pursuit and riding control. The card follows regional cirit/jereed rules and event sources.

LevelVariant FamilyAnimal sport CategoryAnimal sport

AI-generated illustration: Cirit — AI-generated illustration

Classification

Category Animal sport

Family Animal sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Cirit, also jereed, is a traditional mounted game in which rider teams score with blunt throwing sticks/javelins, evasion, pursuit and riding control.

Geeignet für Fits if you find traditional mounted games and throwing timing interesting, you assume very experienced riding and local rule supervision, you expect cultural framing rather than generic FEI equestrian format.

Cost No normal casual entry documented; realistically through spectating, cultural context and experienced riding/traditional groups. Horse, riding training, event structure, protection, equipment and local rules. Traditional cirit/jereed groups, regional events or riding experts. Source basis is regional/event-based; do not import FEI structures.

First progress Years of riding and handling experience before practical participation.

Fitness level high

Was du brauchst

Trained horse, blunt cirit/jereed stick, marked field, team, local rules, protection/safety and welfare supervision.

First steps

Realistically start by watching or contacting traditional sports clubs/cultural events; practice requires riding base and supervised rules.
Look for traditional sport federations, cirit/jereed clubs, World Nomad Games context or regional events in Turkiye/Central Asia.

Look for traditional sport federations, cirit/jereed clubs, World Nomad Games context or regional events in Turkiye/Central Asia.

Start only in the appropriate source-described context and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags team, animal, cirit, animal-sport, cirit-jereed, tiersport, jereed

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

From horseback, throw the jereed/cirit stick legally, evade and score points.

Teilnehmer

Mounted teams.

Teamgröße

By local/event rule.

Spielfeld

Open mounted playing field.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Points for throwing/evasion/riding actions by rule.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

horse
riding gear
jereed/cirit stick
field
protection

Wichtige Regelpunkte

unsafe throw
animal-welfare breach
local rule breach
protection/equipment breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

World Nomad Games competition rules of Cirit World Nomad Games · rulebook · medium
Jereed All About Turkey · sport-guide · medium
Traditional Sports Republic of Turkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism · official-guide · medium