"The Central Asian Olympics." Opening ceremonies September 2, 2018, 8:00PM. Closing ceremonies September 8, 8:00PM. Kyrgyz Republic.
This year there will be children's events.
Competitions for the ladies: archery, archery on horseback, dancing
and synchronized dancing on horseback.
Also a fashion show and best yurt / tent contest. New this year is the World Nomad Cuisine so let's get cooking, girls!
For us guys, looks pretty much like the same old same old. About seven different kinds of archery (four on horseback), about seven different kinds of wrestling (two on horseback), throwing wooden javelins at each other on horseback, horse racing, hound racing.
Then there are the more obscure sports:
burkut saluu (hunting with eagles on horseback),
setting a guy on fire and chasing him (I don't know the nomad word for this event),
kok-boru (kind of like polo except with a decapitated goat carcass),
and oert jalymdagan chabandes (burning nomads on horseback - racers get their the fire extinguished in the order they cross the finish line.)
They even put it on a postage stamp.
The USA contingent has only won two silver and two bronze medals. Let's step it up, America!