Kurash

For the village in Iran, see Kurash, Iran.
Kurash on a Sabantuy

Köräş (also kuresh, koresh, küreş, güreş and similar variants) refers to a number of folk wrestling styles practiced in Central Asia.

Köräş wrestlers (Turkish:GüreşTatar: көрәшчеләр, köräşçelär; Altay: кӱрешчилер, küreščiler) use towels to hold their opponents, and their goal is to throw their opponents off the feet.[1] The wrestling is the main competition at the folk festival Sabantuy.[1]

The sport is called گولش / ҝүләш / güləş in Azerbaijani, көрәш in Bashkir, кӗрешӳ in Chuvash, күрес / küres in Kazakh, күрөш / küröş in Kyrgyz, кӱреш / küreş in Shor, küreş / күреш / көрәш / kөrəş in Tatar, güreş in Turkish, göreş in Turkmen, and kurash in Uzbek, all derived from Old Turkic küreş.[2]

Tatar-style wrestling, "Köräş"
  1. ^ a b Drayton, James (4 July 2012). "Sabantuy". home to roam. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Tarihçe | Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu". tgf.tr. Retrieved 2024-05-16.