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Goat polo, stick-wrestling, bone-throwing at nomad Olympics

The World Nomad Games features such unorthodox sports disciplines as eagle hunting and bone throwing.

By :  dr swati srivastava
Update: 2016-09-07 05:31 GMT
Olympic Games, stand aside: the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan is hosting the World Nomad Games, a competition where polo players ditch their mallets and try to catch a dead goat instead.
The idea of the Games first appeared during the 2011 visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Kyrgyzstan. (Photo: AP)
Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the World Nomad Games 2016. (Photo: AFP)
Participants hold golden eagles for an eagle hunt during the Nomad Games. (Photo: AP)
Fierce competition is also expected in \"stick wrestling,\" an event in which two competitors try to gain control of a small stick. (Photo: AP)
Arguably the highlight of the games is the horse-riding competition, called Kok-boru, which dates back to when men used to hunt wolves that preyed on their livestock. (Photo: AP)
The World Nomad Games features such unorthodox sports disciplines as eagle hunting and bone throwing. (Photo: AP)
Participants take part in a horse-riding competition during the second World Nomad Games at Issyk Kul lake in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. (Photo: AFP)
The Games, which opened on Saturday on a picturesque mountain plain in eastern Kyrgyzstan, bring together athletes from 40 countries including Russia and the United States where nomadic traditions are strong. (Photo: AP)
The World Nomad Games features such unorthodox sports disciplines as eagle hunting and bone throwing.

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