Arrangem-ents are underway to hold the prestigious 2nd World Nomad Games, dedicated to ethnic sports practised in Central Asia, this autumn from September 3 to 8 in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan. Countries comprising Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Russia especially Sakha, de Bouriatia, Altay, Kalmykia, Bashkortostan republics, Afghanistan and host Kyrgyzstan are taking part.
The event comprising Alysh, a kind of belt wrestling, Salburun, a sport mixing falconry, mounted archery and hunt assisted by Taigan, Shagai, Horse racings, Erenish, Toguz korgool, Kourach, Kok-boru, a sport similar to Buzkashi, where riders fight for a goat carcass.
President AIPS Asia Muhammad Qasem along with other members of the delegation has recently extended all out support to the Govt of Kyrgyzstan during a meeting held in Ashgabat, the Capital City of Turkmenistan with Miss Baktygul Noruzbayev, the Director of the Department of Information and Mass Communications in the Ministry of Culture, information and Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Muhammad Qasem, hailing from Bahrain, assured the official of the organising committee for extending cooperation in print and electronic media coverage. He said presently AIPS Asia has 8000 qualified journalists around Asia.
When asked Secretary General AIPS Asia Amjad Aziz Malik from Pakistan, he rest assured that AIPS Asia, a soul representative body of promoting sports and peace in Asia, would extend all out support to the organising committee. He said talks are under way with the organising committee and AIPS Asia as a result of meeting of President AIPS Asia in Ashgabat, for the provision of much updated media facilities.
Miss Baktygul Noruzbayev informed on phone that over 400 athletes from 19 countries will be there in a resort on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul to compete in wrestling, archery, Kok Boru (a game where mounted riders face off over a dead goat), Ordo (a Kyrgyz board game) and Kyz Kumai (chasing women on horseback).
The Kyrgyz government cast the Games as an event of global significance, with a strong undercurrent of nation building, she said. "The Games will give a powerful boost to rehabilitating original national sport disciplines and reviving the spiritual consciousness and historical memory of nomadic peoples of the world," said Miss Baktygul Noruzbayev.
All people will be dressed in traditional clothing. It is a great event worth seeing, she said.
Miss Baktygul Noruzbayev disclosed that preparations are well underway and currently Issyk-Kul gets ready for the games; the roads and hippodrome are being reconstructed. "The Kyrgyz people, with their rich history, culture, and traditions, were among the early nations that founded nomadic civilisation.
The Nomad Games are also part of Atambayev administration's objective to strengthen collaboration among Turkic-speaking nations. The idea of the Games first appeared during the 2011 visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Kyrgyzstan.
The Games will provide fertile ground not only for sports, but also an active intercultural and interethnic dialogue between the peoples of the world," she said. "We want to invite about 40 countries including Pakistan, Australia and USA and culturally and sports rich countries of the world," she added. With generous government support, Kyrgyzstan is going to host the second World Nomadic Games, an event "dedicated to promote the history of nomad nations, their traditions, lifestyles and culture," she remarked.
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