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MONGOLEI NAADAM FESTIVAL PFERDERENNEN
Police and military line up a security cordon as they brave the strong winds carrying sand coming from the Gobi desert at a dirt track used as a temporary race course ground in the Mongolian country side on the eve of Mongolia's biggest event of the year, Nadam festival, at Zuunmod, outside Ulaan Baatar Monday July 11, 2005. The Nadam festival has come to be known as a sort of Mongol nomad olympics. It finds its roots in Mongol armies gathering to tests their strengths in horse riding, wrestling and archery and dates back to the time of Ghinggis Khan. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
Instruktionen
Lizenz
Rights Managed
Erstellungsdatum
20050711
Ort
ZUUNMOD MONGOLEI
Credit
KEYSTONE
Source
AP
Byline
ELIZABETH DALZIEL
Grösse
2000 x 1333 px
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