Members of the Kyrgyz National Team practiced with their eagles before competing in kusbegilik –hunting with birds of prey– at the 5th World Nomad Games held in Astana, Kazakhstan.(Still from video by ...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- How to find a thousand komuz players and gather them all in one place? Such is the type of unusual demand placed on organizers of the World Nomad Games, a now decade-old ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 25. Kyrgyzstan is preparing to host the sixth World Nomad Games from August 31 to September 6, with the opening ceremony scheduled in Bishkek and competitions set to continue ...

The first-ever World Nomad Games took place in Kyrgyzstan, September 9-14. In horse wrestling (pictured), two opponents try to pull each other off their mounts. Kyrgyzstan took home the gold medal in ...

Sign up for a free seven-day trial of SI TV to watch “The Lost Games,” a documentary about the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan. When talking GOATs in American ...

But for nomadic sportspeople who traditionally compete on horseback, with bow and arrow, or with trusty eagles, the World ...

Two bare-chested men on horseback wrestle. The goal is to pull your opponent off the horse so a part of his body touches the ground. Three dogs chase a dummy clad in a fox or hare skin to see who's ...