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The Naadam festival begins in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Friday. The annual Naadam festival is held through July 13 and focuses on the traditional sports of wrestling, archery and horse racing. The ...
As a brisk wind whips across Sha Tin racecourse on an unseasonably cold morning at trackwork, trainer Ganbat Enebish pauses, places his hands together and prays as he looks up to the surrounding ...
(CNN) — In many travelers’ minds, Mongolia conjures images of vast plains, nomadic gers, desert landscapes and one of the most famous warriors of all time, Genghis Khan. Though the famed first khagan ...
It all started with Genghis Khan It wasn’t until 1921 that Naadam was officially declared an annual national holiday in Mongolia. For hundreds of years though, this trio of events – archery, horse ...