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Batsuuri wins Naadam wrestling tournament for fourth time

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ULAN BATOR, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian wrestler Namsraijav Batsuuri won the country's traditional wrestling tournament of the national holiday Naadam for the fourth time on Friday.

Inscribed in UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Naadam is also called "Three Manly Games" featuring wrestling, archery and horse racing.

A wrestler who wins five fights in succession during Naadam becomes known as a Falcon, a six-fight winner takes the title of Hawk, and a seven-fight winner attains the title of Elephant. The title of Lion is bestowed on the winner of the entire festival, while a two-time festival winner becomes known as Titan, the highest rank in the traditional wrestling tournament.

Batsuuri defeated Lion Bayarsaikhan Orkhonbayar in the final round of the wrestling tournament. The 36-year-old became a Titan in 2018.

More info here: Batsuuri wins Naadam wrestling tournament for fourth time-Xinhua (news.cn)

Naadam 2024

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Ulaanbaatar, May 30, 2024 /MONTSAME/. During its regular session, the Cabinet made a decision to schedule some aimags’ Naadam celebrations. Bulgan aimag’s Naadam will be held on July 7-8, Gobisumber and Bayankhongor aimags’ Naadam on July 27-28, and Orkhon aimag’s and Erdenet City’s Naadam will be celebrated on August 1-2 along with the “Ilgeeltiin Ezed-50” anniversary of the "Erdenet Mining Corporation" SOE.



Also, the regional horse racing of 2024 will be merged with the Naadam celebrations of some aimags. The Governors of Gobisumber aimag, Bayannkhongor, Umnogobi, and Orkhon aimags were tasked to implement this decision

Naadam

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2024 Ulaanbaatar Naadam ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in 2024

Naadam (Mongolian Naadam Festival) (Mongolian: Наадам, classical Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠭᠠᠳᠤᠮNaɣadum, [ˈnaːdəm], literally "games") is a traditional festival celebrated in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Tuva. The festival is also locally termed "eriin gurvan naadam" (эрийн гурван наадам), "the three games of men".

The games are Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, and archery, and are held throughout the country during midsummer. Women have started participating in the archery and girls in the horse-racing games, but not in Mongolian wrestling.

In 2010, Naadam was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.[1][2][3]