ASTANA – Three riders secured a license for the upcoming fifth World Nomad Games in the qualifying round of the traditional Baige horse race at the Almaty Hippodrome on August 11.
Baige is both a sports competition and a unique cultural spectacle. Photo credit: Almaty Department of Sport
According to Kazinform, the event brought together riders from all over the country.
The World Nomad Games sports program includes 21 types of traditional sports, including Assyk Atu, Ordo, Tug of War, Baige, Kokpar, Horse Wrestling, Tenge Ilu, Qazaq Kuresi, Ashyrtmaly Aba Gureshi, Kurash, Koresh, Alysh, Mas Wrestling, Powerful Nomad, a strongman competition, Togyzkumalak (Toguz Korgool), Mangala, Oware, Horse Archery, Traditional Archery, Kusbegilik and Kok Boru.
Tickets are now on sale for the fifth World Nomad Games, which will take place in Astana from September 8 to 13. Over 2,000 participants from 89 countries will take part in this largest event in the world of ethnosports.
The total prize money for the fifth World Nomad Games is 253 million tenge (US$533,214). Prizes are awarded for each sport separately, except for team competitions such as Kokpar and Kok Boru. The winning team will receive ten million tenge (US$21,075), the second-place team will receive six million tenge (US$12,645), and the third-place team will receive four million tenge (US$8,430).
