jereed
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Jereed, known by the name Equestrian Javelin (also jerreed, jerid, or jerrid; ) is a traditional Turkish equestrian team sport played outdoors on horseback in which the objective is to score points by throwing a blunt wooden javelin, or stick, at opposing team's horsemen. Played by Turkic peoples in Central Asia as the essential sporting and ceremonial game, it was brought to Anatolia during the westward migration in the beginning of the 11th century.
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Jereed, known by the name Equestrian Javelin (also jerreed, jerid, or jerrid; ) is a traditional Turkish equestrian team sport played outdoors on horseback in which the objective is to score points by throwing a blunt wooden javelin, or stick, at opposing team's horsemen. Played by Turkic peoples in Central Asia as the essential sporting and ceremonial game, it was brought to Anatolia during the westward migration in the beginning of the 11th century.
== History == thumb|right|250px|Ottoman horsemen exercising in jereed,