On the fifth day of the World Nomad Games, themed as the “Gathering of the Great Steppe,” TCA soaked up the raucous atmosphere and took in the finals of the equestrian events, including the ever-popular kokpar and kok boru: [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://timesca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/nomad-game-1.mp4"][/video]
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The fourth day of the World Nomad Games, themed as the “Gathering of the Great Steppe,” saw events taking place across Astana once more. TCA went to the Powerful Nomad competition, and took in national dances and some theatrical sabre combat: [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://timesca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/4.mp4"][/video]
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The third day of the World Nomad Games, themed as the “Gathering of the Great Steppe,” saw events taking place across Astana. TCA went to the Martial Arts Palace and the Alau Ice Palace to take in the in the Koresh (Tatar belt wrestling), Assyk atu, Mas-wrestling, Kurash, and Kazakh kuresi. Watch our video highlights from day three here: [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://timesca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nomad_3-day.mp4"][/video]
10 months ago
The second day of the World Nomad Games, themed as the “Gathering of the Great Steppe,” saw a host of events taking place across the Kazakh capital, and the excitement was palpable. TCA took in the scientific conference in the national museum, musical performances, kokpar, horse wrestling, archery, and more. Watch our video highlights from day two here: [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://timesca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nomad_2-day.mp4"][/video] Join us for day three.
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On September 8, TCA was across events at the 5th World Nomad Games in Astana, themed as the “Gathering of the Great Steppe.” Whilst with much pageantry, the Astana Arena hosted the opening ceremony, further south in the capital, the Ethnoaul saw the first competition of the Games take place, the Hungarian Style Horseback Archery. TCA was in attendance as France's Raphael Malet. took gold, silver went to Mongolia's Altankhuyag Nergui, and bronze to France's Gaëtan Blot. [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://timesca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nomad_1-day.mp4"][/video]
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