ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 9月18日 22時12分

Horseback wrestling. Bone tossing. Dead goat polo. Let the World Nomad Games begin! The game of kok-boru, with its headless goat carcass, was the main attraction at the weeklong international sports competition in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. While many top-flight athletes competed, qualifying was easy: Anybody who signed up online could play. The outdoor events took place in 2 stunning venues — a hippodrome on a high-altitude saline lake and the vast meadows of a sweeping mountain gorge. With archers clopping by on horses, and the smokey aroma of grilling meat, the meadow site evoked a nomadic encampment from a bygone era. “We want to revive our historical identity,” said Kanat Amankulov, Kyrgyzstan’s minister for youth and sports. The Games also seek to create a kind of Brand #Kyrgyzstan, attracting tourists to the impoverished nation. And local participants, like Aida Akmatova, 32, reveled in the events. Aida — who was photographed here by @sergeyponomarev — developed her signature trick of shooting a bow and arrow with her feet as a circus performer. At the Games, she competed in horseback archery. “This is not just another performance, but a key event in my life,” she said. “I can help pass down our culture, our traditions.” Swipe left to see more scenes from #nomadgames2018, and visit the link in our profile to read @nytmacfarquhar’s story.

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