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Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after an early empress humiliated her warriors by beating them.
- Copyright
- © Gordon Wiltsie
- Image Size
- 5200x3481 / 7.0MB
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- Keywords
- Contained in galleries
- Mongolia - Archeology + Gobi Desert, People + Culture, Mongolian, MGe 5, MGe, World Cultures
