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A Horse Race in Mongolia

Posted in Culture, Mongolia. on Friday, November 27th, 2009 by brian Tags: naadam
Nov 27

Archery, wrestling, and several hundred miles of horse racing… every July the Naadam Festival takes place all over Mongolia. These are the 3 “manly” sports… although the jockeys in the horse races are exclusively children, and the chestless wrestling uniform exists to keep women from competing (and potentially from winning).

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