{"id":3563,"date":"2014-07-08T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:44:09","slug":"naadam-festival-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/08\/naadam-festival-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Naadam festival in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week (starting on the 11th July) Mongolia&#8217;s\u00a0traditional festival, Naadam, whips the country into a frenzy of\u00a0colourful costume parades, horse racing, archery and Mongolian wrestling contests. We chose some of our favourite pictures of this midsummer fun.<\/p>\n<p>Young boys in a horse race at the Naadam festival,\u00a0Bulgan province,\u00a0Mongolia (age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3556 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-257376.jpg\" alt=\"Mongolia, Bulgan province, horse race at the Naadam festival\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-257376.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-257376-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Wrestler, Gobi Stepper, Mongolia (<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">LOOK\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3554 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1113-64591.jpg\" alt=\"Wrestler, Nadaam Festival, Gobi Stepper, Mongolia, Asia\" width=\"480\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1113-64591.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1113-64591-359x245.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Archery contest, Naadam festival, Oulaan Bator (Ulaan Baatar), Mongolia (<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Bruno Morandi\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3566 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/712-1450.jpg\" alt=\"Archery contest, Naadam festival, Oulaan Bator (Ulaan Baatar), Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/712-1450.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/712-1450-163x245.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/712-1450-227x340.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Costume parade for the Naadam festival,\u00a0Ulan Bator, Sukhbaatar square (<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3571 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417960.jpg\" alt=\"Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Sukhbaatar square, costume parade for the Naadam festival\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417960.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417960-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man at the\u00a0costume parade, Ulan Bator, Sukhbaatar square (<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3570 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417970.jpg\" alt=\"Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Sukhbaatar square, costume parade for the Naadam festival, kazakh man\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417970.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417970-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mongolian wrestlers during Naadam Festival, Xilin Gol Grassland, Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia (<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Tao Images\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3567 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/810-15800.jpg\" alt=\"Mongolian wrestlers during Naadam Festival, Xilin Gol Grassland, Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/810-15800.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/810-15800-327x245.jpg 327w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/810-15800-453x340.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Horse race at the festival, Bulgan province\u00a0(<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3557 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-257375.jpg\" alt=\"Mongolia, Bulgan province, horse race at the Naadam festival\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-257375.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-257375-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details from a costume parade, Ulan Bator, Sukhbaatar square\u00a0(<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3569 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417968.jpg\" alt=\"Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Sukhbaatar square, costume parade for the Naadam festival\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417968.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417968-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acrobat girl, Ulan Bator\u00a0(<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">LOOK\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3565 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1113-64712.jpg\" alt=\"Acrobat girl, Nadaam Festival, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Asia\" width=\"480\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1113-64712.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1113-64712-363x245.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple at the costume parade, Ulan Bator, Sukhbaatar square\u00a0(<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3568 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417961.jpg\" alt=\"Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Sukhbaatar square, costume parade for the Naadam festival\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417961.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/817-417961-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Horse race, Gobi Steppe\u00a0(<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">LOOK\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3555 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1113-35733.jpg\" alt=\"Horse race, Nadaam festival, Gobi Steppe, Mongolia, Asia\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1113-35733.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1113-35733-439x245.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more photos of the Naadam festival <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=naadam%20festival\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week (starting on the 11th July) Mongolia&#8217;s\u00a0traditional festival, Naadam, whips the country into a frenzy of\u00a0colourful costume parades, horse racing, archery and Mongolian wrestling 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