{"id":125990,"date":"2024-09-07T20:33:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T18:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/?p=125990"},"modified":"2024-09-07T23:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T21:35:25","slug":"kazakhstan-hosts-5th-world-nomad-games-with-participants-from-more-than-100-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/en\/kazakhstan-hosts-5th-world-nomad-games-with-participants-from-more-than-100-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan hosts 5th World Nomad Games with participants from more than 100 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Astana, Sep 7 (EFE).- The capital of Kazakhstan, Astana<\/strong>, is to host the 5th World Nomad Games<\/a> starting Sunday, in which nearly 4,000 athletes<\/strong> from more than a hundred countries will participate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gathering of the Great Steppe\u201d<\/strong> is the motto of the games, which expects to attract more than 100,000 tourists<\/strong> from September 8 to 13, according to the organizers.<\/p>\n

Over the next six days, athletes will take part in 21 competitions<\/strong>, including falconry, archery on foot and horseback, wrestling, martial arts, tug of war, the game of Jacks, and Mangala (a Turkish board game) with 97 medals<\/strong> to be won.<\/p>\n

In addition, there are several events with horses, very popular in Central Asia, such as kokpar<\/strong> and buzkashi<\/strong>, which includes the use of a goat’s body.<\/p>\n

The games include a horse riding marathon<\/strong>, which began on the eve of the inauguration and is to finish on the closing day during which riders cover 500 kilometers.<\/p>\n

The marathon, which is to end in Astana and includes Arabian, Tatar, and Caucasian horses, among others, began in the town of Botai<\/strong>, where humans are believed to have tamed horses 5,500 years ago.<\/p>\n

Kazakh athletes expect to compete for the medals with Mongolian and Kyrgyz athletes<\/strong>, once nomadic peoples, as well as Hungarians and Turks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The winners in the falconry discipline are to take home 2,000 dollars, while gold medallists in other sports are to receive 1,000 dollars.<\/p>\n

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ASTAN\u00c1, 07\/09\/2024.- La capital de Kazajist\u00e1n, Astan\u00e1, acoger\u00e1 a partir de ma\u00f1ana domingo, los V Juegos Mundiales N\u00f3madas, en los que participar\u00e1n cerca de 4.000 deportistas de m\u00e1s de un centenar de pa\u00edses, incluida Espa\u00f1a. EFE\/Kulpash Konyrova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New countries participating<\/h2>\n

Organizers highlighted that athletes from countries such as Venezuela, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Ireland, and Ethiopia<\/strong> are to participate in the games for the first time.<\/p>\n

The games, which the Kazakh authorities plan to broadcast on television to viewers around the world, are to conclude with a concert by the famous Kazakh singer Dimash Qudaibergen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Nomad Games is an international project aimed at reviving and preserving the culture of the nomadic civilization.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The competition was founded on the initiative of the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan<\/strong>, a country that hosted the first Nomad Games in 2014 with 500 participants. EFE<\/p>\n