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Kyrgyzstan athletes compete in the third World Nomad Games

654 views · Published 5 September 2018 · 1:22 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: Daily Mail World · 2018 · News & Politics

From a goat polo game known as Kok-Boru to 'intellectual games' played with a sheep's anklebones, these pictures show the traditional sports being played at the World Nomad Games. Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan kicked off the competition it has hosted biennially since 2014 on Monday with Turkey pledging to host the 2020 edition of the week-long traditional sport extravaganza. The picturesque Kyrchyn gorge near the shores of the Central Asian country's Lake Issyk-Kul was awash with colour as dancers and horse riders entertained international and local guests before the real action began on Tuesday. Kyrgyzstan has promoted the games as a way of preserving traditional sports, most of which were played by Turkic nomadic peoples over the centuries, while boosting the impoverished republic's fledgling tourism sector.

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Kyrgyzstan athletes compete in the third World Nomad Games

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