Over 2,500 athletes from 82 countries participate in World Nomad Games
Opening ceremony of the 3rd World Nomad Games started today at 20.00 at hippodrome in Cholpon-Ata town.
A parade of participants of the Games began after the anthem of WNG.
Many delegations wore national costumes. Some teams were represented by only one athlete, other — by several dozen. The national team of Kazakhstan, for example, consists of more than 200 people.
A large delegation came from Russia. Representatives of different territorial entities of the Russian Federation were dressed in their national clothes.
The team of Kyrgyzstan closed the parade. The leader of the national kok-boru team Manas Niyazov carried the flag of the Kyrgyz Republic.