During last weekend, "Eagle Festival 2015" was successfully organized for 16th time at Sayat Hill in Bugat soum of Bayan-Ulgii province.
The event was jointly organized by Local Administration, Culture, Sports and Tourism Authority and "Mongolian Eagle Hunters" Association.
This year, more than 90 eagle hunters with their eagles participated in the festival. Moreover, more than 700 foreign and 2000 local tourists attended the event.
During Eagle Festival, Kazakh traditional games and sport activities were also held. Particularly, the following games were main part of the festival such as "The best eagle hunter with eagle and horse gears", "The best eagle hunting of artificial animal", "Kokpar or (tug of war over a goat carcass while on horseback), "A girl chase game", "A race to pick up a coin on the ground while on horseback", "The best kazakh costume dressed couple", "Colt horse race", and "Camel race".
Kazakh people had been exercising eagle hunting for long time. The eagle festival is annually organized in order to promote eagle hunting culture to the public and demise it to next generations. Also, the other goal is to create new brand of attracting both foreign and local tourists.
During last weekend, "Eagle Festival 2015" was successfully organized for 16th time at Sayat Hill in Bugat soum of Bayan-Ulgii province.
The event was jointly organized by Local Administration, Culture, Sports and Tourism Authority and "Mongolian Eagle Hunters" Association.
This year, more than 90 eagle hunters with their eagles participated in the festival. Moreover, more than 700 foreign and 2000 local tourists attended the event.
During Eagle Festival, Kazakh traditional games and sport activities were also held. Particularly, the following games were main part of the festival such as "The best eagle hunter with eagle and horse gears", "The best eagle hunting of artificial animal", "Kokpar or (tug of war over a goat carcass while on horseback), "A girl chase game", "A race to pick up a coin on the ground while on horseback", "The best kazakh costume dressed couple", "Colt horse race", and "Camel race".
Kazakh people had been exercising eagle hunting for long time. The eagle festival is annually organized in order to promote eagle hunting culture to the public and demise it to next generations. Also, the other goal is to create new brand of attracting both foreign and local tourists.