| Nadaam Festival |
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| 11 July 2010 | Ulan Bator, Mongolia (47.9022, 106.9162) |
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| During the day of main events, a group of us walked around the stadium area to watch the games. Once we fought through the traffic jam at the entrance, it was just a short walk to all the colorful games that make up the heft of Mongolian culture. |
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| The official color guard holding the national pennant during the general's opening ceremony inspection. |
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| One of the Buddhist deities during the Tsam Dance at a cultural show Rasa attended. |
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| Unfortunately, we did not make it out to the countryside to see the horseraces but we did see these two bypassing a traffic jam in the city. I guess Mongolia does not forbid talking on a mobile while riding. |
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| Wrestling is the major event during Nadaam. Without tickets this was about as close as I could get to the action during the preliminary trials. |
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| Everyone lining up to take the first shot in the women's competition. |
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| An archer lining up the arrow for his shot at the winning prize. |
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| This was one of the smaller games of the competition; the ankle bone toss. The team flicks an ankle bone at a target for points. Exciting stuff! |
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| Nearly escaping a major downpour at the end of the day, it proved to be a very fun event despite our worries about going there. We heard many warnings about pickpockets at the games but we did not have a single problem and will be leaving the country unmolested for China on the Trans-Siberian railroad next week. |
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