National Equestrian Games Festival

The festival features national equestrian games like Ulak Tartysh, Kyz Kuumai, and Er - Enish, a folklore show, and Kyrgyz cuisine.

Highlights

Location

Kyzyl-Oi village (Suusamyr valley)

10:00 Opening Ceremony

10:15 Yurt building demonstration

11:30 Beshike-Salmai; Kyrgyz  ceremony of introducing a baby to the cradle

12:00 Tushoo Kizme; Kyrgyz  tradition celebrated when a child begins to walk so that he/she will walk well

12:30 Folklore Show; Traditional singing and dancing, and telling of the ancient epos “Manas “

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Short walk to the horse games location at the start of the village

14:30 Start of the horse games with “Ulak Tartysh” also known as Kok Boru; a mixture between polo and rugby

15:30 “Oodarysh”; wrestling to get the opponent off his horse

15:50 “Tyin Enmei”; picking up coins (=Tyin) wrapped in scarfs from a galloping horse

16:10 “Kyz Kyymai”; a guy galopping after a girl in order to kiss her (or get whipped by her if he fails)

16:30 End of Festival

 

Evening Program

19:00 Dinner in уurts(dinner not included in ticket )

20:00 Let’s play some traditional games together: Arkan-Tartmay, Tchaka-Tchapmai and  Kol-Kurosh as well as

disco until midnight

21:30 Bonfire.

Start

August 8, 2025 at 10:00

End

August 8, 2025 at 21:30

Price for Adult

2000 som

Price for Children

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