Outstanding Photos of Mongolian Naadam Festival

Mongolian National holiday, The Naadam Festival is taking place these days. As we are Mongolian travel organizer and the specialist in Mongolian photography, we would love to show you some of the stunning photographs of Mongolia and its thrilling holidays, including Naadam Festival, Golden Eagle Festival, and Winter Festivals.  For this time, you are enjoying images of Naadam Holiday, the top travel attraction of Mongolia. We do not just let you show the photos of Naadam but also, we would love to let you know the true information about our national holiday for your knowledge. Photos are taken by Batzaya Choijiljav, our director, traveler and one of the leading photographers of Mongolia, his photos feature in Mongolian nomadic culture and the ethnic portraits. Maybe you saw his photoshoots on Weather.com, Daily News, Caters News agencies and through the social media channels. Now let’s take a look around Mongolian Naadam Holiday through his camera lens.

What's Going Around Naadam Festival on 10th of July?

Mongol Naadam starts with 4 year old horse racing at Khui Doloon Khudag, locates 35km/21.7mi from the city center.

First matches of Archery games at the archery field at the central stadium.

Various archery tournaments such as Uriankhai style archery, Buryat style archery and children’s archery runs at the central stadium.

Wrestler hat, the four sides of the hat are embellished with metal inscribed signs of champion, lion, Garuda, elephant, hawk and falcon, which represents the title the wrestler holds. The yellow ribbon on red behind the hand marks the success of the wrestler.

Deeltei Mongol Festival / Mongolians in Deel, national costume/. There are some Mongol national visitors, from Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang Uyghur, Buryatia, Tyva Republic, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, enjoying Naadam Festival and attending some cultural events.

Three year old horses racing at Khui Doloon Khudag.

At 08 PM , a ceremony for the Great White Banners at State House at the central square.

The official Naadam Festival Day on 11th of July 

The official Naadam Festival is held on 11th of July annually, the President of Mongolia opens The Naadam Festival officially. This year, Mongolians celebrate their National Holiday of Naadam 2018, the year of the 2227th anniversary of Foundation of the first Mongolian State, the 812th anniversary of the founding of the Great Mongol Empire and the 97th anniversary of the Mongolian People’s Revolution. 

A ceremony to place the Great White Banners at the Central Stadium at 11AM.

The Great White Banners at the Central Stadium.

President of Mongolia officially opens Naadam Festival and pay respect to the Great White Banners, Central Stadium.

Grand Opening Ceremony of the National Holiday Naadam Festival at the Central Stadium. Every year various artists attend the opening ceremony to show dance, music, and other cultural performance. This year’s opening performance features value of Mongolian family and independence. 

The first round of  Wrestling Champion starts with a total of 512 wrestlers, are challenging their power in the National Naadam Festival.

Show of National Archery, at archery field.

Above five-year-old horse (Ikh nas) race at Khui Doloon Khudag.

There is also Culture Naadam Festival organized at Khui Doloon Khudag by Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) and the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture (MSUAC) with a goal to promote Mongolian nomadic culture and traditions to local and international visitor and to support community involvement in cultural and creative activities.

What is going around Naadam Festival on 12^th of July?

 Five year old horse (Soyolon) race, at Khui Doloon Khudag.

In the 1960’s, women archers started competing in Naadam which was a “significant development in national archery” that added dimension to making archery a truly national sport.

Wrestler Mongonbaatar.Sh, who upgraded his rank and took the title of khartsaga (Hawk) during this year's Naadam Festival.

A total of 512 wrestlers, including 88 wrestlers with national titles competed in this year's Naadam. Six wrestlers became Falcons of the nation and three others took the title of Hawk during this year's Naadam.

President presents title, certificates and medals to the winner and runner-ups of the National Wrestling Tournament and for the fastest Horses. 

 President officially closes Naadam Festival. Closing ceremony and Parade of Great White Banners back to the State House.

If you are the photographer, or traveler who is planning your next photo adventure to Mongolia, especially to the Naadam festival and other events, we will enjoy the photo shoots through your lens, next time. Why not. We also host to publish photos and travel diaries which is created by our clients on our Mongolia Travel Blog.

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