Tour Code: TMN211
Naadam Festival is the most famous festival in Mongolia and the largest National Day holiday in Mongolia. Naadam, which means "game" or "entertainment" in Mongolian, originally refers to the "men's three skills" (wrestling, horse racing and archery) competition to celebrate the harvest. Now it refers to the annual traditional event held on the grassland. At that time, Mongolian will travel thousands of miles to take part in the competition or only fell the happy atmospheres.
Compared with the actors in full dress, ordinary people are also dressed ceremoniously. They all in the brightly colored national costumes with big smiles on faces. Some old people pinned all their medals on their right chest to show everyone their lifelong honor and pride. On the first day, the opening ceremony was very lively. People can watch colorful celebrations, parades, cultural performances, evening parties and traditional sports activities.
After that, you can't miss the free market around the venue. This is a perfect chance to know real Mongolian. Hundreds of vendors spread outside the stadium, selling all kinds of desserts, daily necessities, clothing and jewelry, folk handicrafts and handmade bows and arrows. In addition, the distinctive folk music and art shows will be performed on some small stages, showing the traditional long tune and horse-headed fiddles performance, etc. Which is worth a whole day's visit.
In Ulaanbaatar, Naadam usually be held from July 11 to 13 at National Sports Stadium. It is not far from the foot of Bogd Mountain, in the southern suburb of the city. Every year, thousands of tourists go to Mongolia to participate in this exciting event, including many journalists and television channels, which broadcast the celebrations all over the world.
Address of the National Stadium: Room 503, UNITY Center, 44 Student Street, 8th khoroo, Sukhbaatar district, Ulaanbaatar.
How to get there: You can talk to the hotel and many hotels or hostels offer free transfer service to the ceremony.
Actually, you will have a lot of fun if you walk there, where there you can fell the happiness of Mongolian on this special day. At the west side of the Blue Sky Hotel and Tower, there is a street down to the south, walk down the street for about 20 minutes, you will find the Naadam Center at the National Sports Stadium on the east side.
Mongolia has 21 provinces and 333 districts, almost each province holds their own Naadam celebration based on their own days need to commemorate. In additional to the one in Ulaanbaatar, there are two grand ceremonies that are authentic. 280km away from the capital, the one held in Dadal Sumu in Kent province, as it is the mysterious birthplace of Genghis Khan. Another one is held in Khatgal of Khuvsgol province. They all celebrate the festivals in July. Please do join in the ceremony if you are happen to be there.
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Compared with the actors in full dress, ordinary people are also dressed ceremoniously. They all in the brightly colored national costumes with big smiles on faces. Some old people pinned all their medals on their right chest to show everyone their lifelong honor and pride. On the first day, the opening ceremony was very lively. People can watch colorful celebrations, parades, cultural performances, evening parties and traditional sports activities.
After that, you can't miss the free market around the venue. This is a perfect chance to know real Mongolian. Hundreds of vendors spread outside the stadium, selling all kinds of desserts, daily necessities, clothing and jewelry, folk handicrafts and handmade bows and arrows. In addition, the distinctive folk music and art shows will be performed on some small stages, showing the traditional long tune and horse-headed fiddles performance, etc. Which is worth a whole day's visit.
In Ulaanbaatar, Naadam usually be held from July 11 to 13 at National Sports Stadium. It is not far from the foot of Bogd Mountain, in the southern suburb of the city. Every year, thousands of tourists go to Mongolia to participate in this exciting event, including many journalists and television channels, which broadcast the celebrations all over the world.
Address of the National Stadium: Room 503, UNITY Center, 44 Student Street, 8th khoroo, Sukhbaatar district, Ulaanbaatar.
How to get there: You can talk to the hotel and many hotels or hostels offer free transfer service to the ceremony.
Actually, you will have a lot of fun if you walk there, where there you can fell the happiness of Mongolian on this special day. At the west side of the Blue Sky Hotel and Tower, there is a street down to the south, walk down the street for about 20 minutes, you will find the Naadam Center at the National Sports Stadium on the east side.
Mongolia has 21 provinces and 333 districts, almost each province holds their own Naadam celebration based on their own days need to commemorate. In additional to the one in Ulaanbaatar, there are two grand ceremonies that are authentic. 280km away from the capital, the one held in Dadal Sumu in Kent province, as it is the mysterious birthplace of Genghis Khan. Another one is held in Khatgal of Khuvsgol province. They all celebrate the festivals in July. Please do join in the ceremony if you are happen to be there.
Mongolian wrestling
Horse racing
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