MNA President of the Polo Federation Hojatollah Dehkhodaei said Chovgan, a forerunner of Polo, was named in the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage as Irans cultural heritage, contrary to the claims of some other countries, like Azerbaijan. Chovgan is played on horseback ...

Sputnik - The sporting game was included into the UNESCO list as Iran's intangible cultural heritage on December 7, 2017. A spokesman of the Equestrian Federation of Iran, Yashar Bigham, told Sputnik about the history of the game. Chovgan, an Iranian version ofmodern sport polo, was invented inancient Persia asa team game, Yashar Bigham,...