Shandur Polo Festival Highlights

Shandur Polo Festival (Urdu: شندور میلہ) is one of the big festivals in Pakistan. This festival is held in the month of July every year on Shandur Top in Chitral. The polo which is played between the polo teams of Chitral Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, is a free style game. A lot of people from Chitral, Gilgit-baltistan and other parts of Pakistan attain the festival. This year in 2017 the schedule is 29th to 31st july 2017. The initiation of Polo in Shandur is credited to The balti raja of Skardu; Ali Sher Khan Anchan who built the polo graound of Shandur as well. while some think that The initiation of Polo in Shandur is credited to the british occupiers who made possible the building of the polo ground. It is said that in 1935, UK Administrator for Northern Areas Evelyn Hey Cobb ordered Niat Qabool Hayat Kakakhel to make a well-constructed polo ground in Shandur. He constructed a polo ground with the help of the people. This polo ground was later on named as "Mas Junali". The word "Mass Junali" is derived from Khowar language. The word "Mas" means moon and "Junali" means polo ground. Cobb was impressed by Kakakhail's resourcefulness and efficiency and wished to reward him for his service, but Kakakhail refused to accept any reward for his work. Instead, for the common benefit, Kakakhail asked Cobb to bring trout to stock the local streams. Cobb ordered live trout from England and dropped them into the River Ghizer. Due to this little service, Directorate of Fisheries had been established and hundreds of people got employed. Now the weight of those fishes in Hundarap Lake cross 24 kg and in Baha Lake Khukush Nallah, their weight crossed 40 kg.Shandoor Lake By Rakaposhi So Mas Junali became a source of relation between the people of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Now Shandur Polo Festival opens a door step to the people of the world to enjoy their selves. Many of the people from entire world come here to watch polo match played between Chitral and Ghizer.

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