2016 World Nomad Games Explained

2nd World Nomad Games
Host City:	Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
Events:	23 sports
Nations:	40
Opening:	3 September 2016
Closing:	8 September 2016
Opened By:	Almazbek Atambaev President of Kyrgyzstan
Next:	2018

The 2016 World Nomad Games was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 3–8 September 2016 with 23 sports featured in the games. The program of the second edition included 23 kinds of ethnosport.^[1] 40 countries participated in this games.^{[2] [3]}

Sports

• Equestrian Sports (Horse Sports) (6): Horse Racing (At Chabysh / / Kunan Chabysh) + Horse Competitions (Kok-boru /Er enish / Cirit)
• Martial Arts Sports (Traditional Wrestling) (7): Mass-wrestling / Kazakh kuresh / Goresh / Gyulesh / Aba kurosh / Kyrgyz kurosh / Alysh
• Traditional Sports (8): Traditional Games (Ordo) + Horse Racing (Chong at chabysh) + Traditional Archers Bow (Hiking shooting/Horseback shooting / Mass bow range) + Traditional Hunting
• Traditional Intellectual (2): Togyz Korgool / Mangala

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About the Games. worldnomadgames.com. 2016-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820113702/http://worldnomadgames.com/en/page/About-the-Games/. 2016-08-20. dead.
2. News: World Nomad Games opening ceremony 2016 . EuroNews .
3. News: Welcome to the World Nomad Games: 'If Genghis Khan was alive, he’d be here'. Shaun. Walker . 4 September 2016. The Guardian .