Travel Ideas: Attend the annual Naadam Festival in Mongolia to celebrate the sports of wrestling, archery and horse racing.
Travel Ideas Tags: Asia, Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Naadam Festival, Horseback Riding, Cultural Travel
From the Producer: A horse trainer and his 10-year-old jockey face the biggest day of their year at Mongolia’s Naadam festival, which dates back to before Genghis Khan’s time and celebrates the ‘manly sports’ of wrestling, archery and racing.
By guardian.co.uk staff Dan Chung and Tania Branigan.
Shot on Canon 1DmkIV, 5DMkII, 550D and GoPro HD cameras. For more details on how it was shot please head over to dslrnewsshooter.com
See guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/20/mongolia-nomads-livestock-winter-poverty for more on Mongolia from the Guardian.
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