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Naadam Information
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Naadam (Mongolian: Наадам, games) is a traditional type of festival in Mongolia. The festival is also called "eriin gurvan naadam" (эрийн гурван наадам) meaning "three manly games." The games are Mongolian wrestling, horse racing...


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Ride like the wind: every July, people in Mongolia celebrate the festival of Naadam for three days.
07/01/2007: 763 words, approx. 3 pages
"Here they come! Here come the riders!" shouts someone the crowd. I turn to look. All I can see is a cloud of dust far off in the distance. Then dark shapes appear inside the dust. In a few moments, the specks turn...


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The Nadaam Festival
306 words, approx. 1 pages
The Naadam festival is Mongolia's major national annual event, with celebrations in almost every major town. The main parts of the festival are tests of courage, strength and daring through wrestling, archery, and horse racing, with celebrations of traditional food and folk dancing, accompanied by cymbals, horns, and drums.


 

Naadam

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