2014 World Nomad Games
The 2014 World Nomad Games, officially known as the 1st World Nomad Games, was the inaugural edition held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 9–14 September 2014 with 19 sports featured in the games. While organising the first edition of the Games, the Kyrgyz government spent more than 3 million dollars. More than 400 athletes from 20 countries took part in the event.
A cultural program
The Games are surrounded by a cultural and ethnical program. During the first edition of the Games, a yurt village was installed. Cultural events and entertaining activities not linked with the Games' disciplines also took place.Competitive sports
Ten sports weree played competitively at the games:- The equestrian sports of
- *, team game on horseback, featuring the carrying of a goat carcass
- *, wrestling on horseback
- *, a young horse race
- *, a trotting race
- *, a long distance uneven terrain race
- The traditional wrestling sports of:
- * Kyrgyz
- *
- * Kazakh
- Two Kyrgyz national games:
- *, an ankle bone shooting game
- *, a strategy board game
Demonstration sports
The games also featured demonstration performances of other sports:Zorhana, a form of wrestling from Azerbaijan and Iran- , a sport played on horseback
- Traditional Turkish wrestling
- , eagle hunting
- , picking up a coin while upon a galloping horse
- ,, featuring a woman and a man on horseback, the man initially chasing the woman, but if too slow then being chased and whipped by the woman