The II World Games of Nomads will take place from September 3 to 8, 2016 in the idyllic shores of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, called by astronauts “a blue eye of Earth”.
The World Games of Nomads – 2016 is an Ethnosports’ government project and a unique opportunity to learn about local traditions surrounded by heavenly mountains and a pearly lake.
Kyrgyzstan’s special guests are:
- Selected Head of states;
- More than 2,000 athletes from 40 countries.
- Media from some 60 destinations to reach one billion people.
The program of the World Games of Nomads includes:
- Sports competitions in 25 types of ethnosports
- The Nomad’s Universe festival
- Scientific conference ‘Civilization of nomads: sources, heritage, present’
- A separate format will present the games of people of the world
Ethnocultural programme, “The Universe of a Nomad”
More than a billion people around the world will be able to see the spectacular opening ceremony of the Games; feel and get into the spirit of nomads, their force and beauty.
The Universe of a Nomad Festival will showcase ethnodances, ethnofashion, ethnoexpo, ethnohits and the like. The audience and participants of the project will have the opportunity to taste dishes of ethnocookery of nomads “Daam tatuu”.
The exhibition will show a demonstration of achievements of applied art of master handymen presenting products from skin, felt, metal and other materials.
The etnotown of 300 yurtas with the” Khan Ordo” and “Manas Ordo” complexes built on a boundless dzhayloo will be a real discovery of a holiday. Songs of akyns-improvisators of contestants of “Aytysh”, voice of storytellers of world eposes, Yakut “Olonkho”, eposes of Altaians will sound all over Kyrchyn.
The Games will revive traditions; customs of nomads will lift the whole layers of cultural features.
For more information:
World Nomad Games: http://worldnomadgames.com/en/
