00:04More than 3,000 sportsmen from 109 countries were competing in World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan this year.
00:11What was once Central Asia's attempt to preserve nomad traditions and skills turned into a sports event,
00:16attracting interest from every continent.
00:18Historically born from battlefield training, hunting and nomadic survival needs,
00:24these sports build strength, endurance, agility and spiritual unity.
00:28Today they are just sports, but more than a pastime they are also the show of national identity,
00:34history and continuation of nomadic traditions.
00:37Welcome to Kazakhstan, welcome to modern nomads.
00:43Since time immemorial, nomad skills played crucial social role among the steppe people.
00:49Every gathering of tribesmen, including contests in which men were able to boast their masculinity.
00:54Everything is cultural and cultural.
00:57In fact, we have been competing with Korean sports.
01:04In Korea, we see women in Korea, and a country in Korea.
01:10On the other hand, we have taken a long time to win the career of the world and the world,
01:18since it is the first time in Korea,
01:21in our country.
01:22If we are both of them,
01:22However, when we are celebrating the country of the world,
01:24we are conquering the world,
01:28The sportsmen in the nomad games competed in 43 disciplines.
01:33The ones that demand endurance and strength from both horse and its rider
01:36command the highest degree of public admiration.
01:39Kazah nomadic culture is inseparable from horses.
01:42Equestrian games are most popular and are often part of social events and celebrations.
01:48The most popular is Kazah Kokpar,
01:50described in the 19th century by the American diplomat Eugene Skyler
01:54as a game in which one man holds a goat thrown over his saddle
01:58and everyone else tries to tear it from him.
02:00We have a master of the past of Kazah's father's father.
02:07We have a master of the father's father.
02:08We have a master of the father's father.
02:11We have a master of the father's father.
02:15We have a master of the father's father.
02:25The version of Kokpar, which is traditional in Kyrgyzstan, is called Kokboru.
02:29In case you thought it was easy, this dummy that the players so casually pick up from the ground with
02:34one hand
02:35actually weighs 30 to 35 kilos.
02:45Horse races in Central Asia emphasize stamina over speed and the horses run up to 21 km.
02:51There is even a 300 km marathon.
02:53The winning jockeys, often as young as 9, win valuable prizes.
02:57But to be a real hero, it's not enough just to know how to ride.
03:01This is Audaris Park or horseback wrestling.
03:04Probably the best example of how ancient nomadic warrior skills transformed into sports.
03:09Two men trying to unseat each other from the saddle.
03:16The youth championship we saw proves the tradition is alive and getting more popular.
03:21and running them on s OM.
03:23On other tambẳans, we have une-to-air champions
03:25of the cause of Central Asia,
03:26the youth are in ELP men and a business owner.
03:32We have a career, assault a level that is called Metrodomiffs.
03:46These have chosen out-of-t
03:51variant of wrestling, with different names, rules, uniforms and rituals.
03:55And for those who prefer precision to strength, there's archery.
03:58It also comes in many forms, where Turkish and European are for infantry longbows, while
04:03nomad archery suits traditional cavalry strike-and-run tactics.
04:23There are many other sports that used to entertain nomad herdsmen during long-step evenings,
04:29and they're all being popularized as part of the struggle to renew national identity.
04:33We take our national sport and take our history and take our history and take our history.
04:40The most important thing is, we take our national sport and take our history and take our history.
04:48We take our history and take our history and take our history.
