Archery competition during the Traditional Naadam Festival in Ulan Bator, Mongolia

Archery competition during the Traditional Naadam Festival in Ulan Bator, Mongolia Stock Photo
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Roberto Esposti / Alamy Stock Photo

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C95DCK

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4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14.2 x 9.4 inches | 300dpi

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11 July 2011

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Ulan Bator, Mongolia

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Naadam (Mongolian: Наадам, lit. "games") is a traditional type of festival in Mongolia. The festival is also locally termed "eriin gurvan naadam" (эрийн гурван наадам) "the three games of men". The games are Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery and are held throughout the country during the midsummer holidays. Women have started participating in the archery and girls in the horse-racing games, but not in Mongolian wrestling. In 2010, Naadam was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.