The 2014

World Nomad Games World Nomad Games ( ky, Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары) are an international sport competition dedicated to ethnic sports practiced in Central Asia. The first three World Nomad Games were held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. The fo ...

, officially known as the 1st World Nomad Games, was the inaugural edition held in

Cholpon-Ata Cholpon-Ata ( ky, Чолпон-Ата, ''Çolpon-Ata'', چولپون-اتا, pronounced , literally "Venus-father", the name of a mythological protecting spirit) is a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan with a popul ...

, Kyrgyzstan from 9–14 September 2014 with 19 sports featured in the games. While organising the first edition of the Games, the Kyrgyz government spent more than 3 million dollars. More than 400 athletes from 20 countries took part in the event.

A cultural program

The Games are surrounded by a cultural and ethnical program. During the first edition of the Games, a yurt village was installed. Cultural events and entertaining activities not linked with the Games' disciplines also took place.

Competitive sports

Ten sports weree played competitively at the games: * The

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s of ** , team game on horseback, featuring the carrying of a goat carcass ** , wrestling on horseback ** , a young horse race ** , (aka ) a trotting race ** , a long distance uneven terrain race * The traditional wrestling sports of: ** Kyrgyz ** (belt-wrestling) ** Kazakh * Two Kyrgyz national games: ** , an ankle bone shooting game ** , a

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Demonstration sports

The games also featured demonstration performances of other sports: * ''Zorhana'', a form of wrestling from Azerbaijan and Iran * (from

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), a sport played on horseback * Traditional

Turkish wrestling Wrestling ( Turkish: ''güreş'') is considered as an " ancestral sport" in Turkey, represented foremost by the annual Kırkpınar tournament in oil wrestling. Along with various highly esteemed styles of folk wrestling (known colloquially as ' ...

* (from the

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) * , eagle hunting * , picking up a coin while upon a galloping horse * , ("girl chasing"), featuring a woman and a man on horseback, the man initially chasing the woman, but if too slow then being chased and whipped by the woman

Medal table

The Kyrgyz team won the most medals, with the Kazakh team coming second and Turkmenistan third.

External links

"Big in Kyrgyzstan: The World Nomad Games", The Atlantic

References

{{World Nomad Games World Nomad Games

International sports competitions hosted by Kyrgyzstan Multi-sport events in Kyrgyzstan