Mongolian Nadaam Festival

In Mongolia we arrived extra early for the Наадам (Nadaam) Festival an.

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Nadaam ist the Mongolian national festival.

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Nadaam means “games”.
Above all wrestling and archery.

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And of course horse racing.

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Mongols have a warlike past, after all.

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In the middle ages Genghis Khan almost conquered Europe.

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But they can also be beautiful.

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And modern is very important for them.

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Bumm

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