Naadam is the most widely watched festival among Mongols, and is believed to have existed for centuries in one fashion or another. Naadam has its origin in the activities, such as military parades and sporting competitions such as archery, horse riding and wrestling, that followed the celebration of various occasions. Now it formally commemorates the 1921 revolution when Mongolia declared itself a free country....
... I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to The Pagan Calendar and can be found in its entirety here: Naadam Festival
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