Naadam Festival Mongolia 2016
Have you booked your holiday for this summer? There is a great opportunity for you folks.
Mongolian great summer event - Naadam festival is just two months away. Nomadic Mongol nation celebrates its annual event the Naadam festival in 10-13 of July.
The Naadam festival history dates back to thousands of years and the main event for the festival are Wrestling, Horse Race and Archery, all deeply related to an army's battle training. So often, the main events of Naadam festival are called "Three Games of Men", But nowadays women can compete or challenge in most of the games. Modern days, Naadam festival includes many traditional Mongolian games and athletics event alongside the main games, whole nation takes part of it and enjoys with all games, sports competitions, and public related activities, during the festival time.
Also, festival timing is just perfect, it happens during the peak tourist season in the middle of the summer in every cities, towns, and village.
Many tourists travel to Mongolia on tour in July, that the tour program includes attending a festival Naadam and really enjoys with it.
Naadam festival opening ceremony
The president of Mongolia, Mr Elbegdorj Tsahia officially opening the Naadam festival in 2015
State soldiers bringing Nine Banners of State into Naadam Stadium
HORSE RACE
Horse racing ground is located outside of Ulaanbaatar and it covers 50 square kilometers of land.
Long distance endurance race takes 12-27 kilometers, depend on the age of racing horses.
WRESTLING (Last man standing competition)
ARCHERY
There is many different traditional Archery competitions and women to compete in all of them.