World Nomad Games 2018

2018 World Nomad Games

The 2018 World Nomad Games was attended by over 1,500 athletes from 66 countries who competed in 37 traditional sports. ^[one]

In 2018, athletes will take part in sports such as:

• Kok Boru (Kөk bөrү kyrg.) (Equestrian sport, somewhat similar to football, instead of a ball, a carcass of a ram, a goat or rubber analogs),
• Toguz Korgool (logical competition),
• Fight
• Kyrgyz kurosh (kүrөsh kyrg.) (A type of struggle where you need to throw the opponent on your back to win),
• Alyshuu (freestyle wrestling),
• Arkan Tartu (team tug of war)
• Ordo (alchiki - a game using chips from ram bones),
• Horse racing
• Eagle hunting
• Archery and many other games, as well as some national games of the participating countries.

In the previous Games in 2016, athletes from 80 countries took part, including non-traditionally nomadic ones ^{[2] [3] [4]}