Nomad games, rediscovering heritage, celebrating diversityKyrgyzstan
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices 2021
EN: Interview with a practitioner in the inventory process of traditional games. During the inventory, regional differences in the rules of the game and the techniques of the same games are documented
EN: Meeting with representatives of traditional game federations, Ethnogames Confederation, ICH experts, traditional game bearers and practitioners about the current challenges of traditional games and safeguarding needs
EN: Traditional Nomad Games festival on a provincial level. Horseback competition among the representatives of different team
EN: Nomad games attracted wide media coverage, which is fostering to raise the general public's awareness. Media coverage is growing. For example, during the WNG in 2018, international information channels included 50TV channels, 12 radio stations, 67 news agencies, 48 newspapers, and more than 50 independent reporters
EN: Video documentation of the traditional game 'Ordo' in Issyk-Kul region. Based on the safeguarding needs, video documentations of the traditional games aims to raise the general public’s awareness
EN: Traditional Toguz Korgool game competition among schoolchildren,held as part of the programme Nomad Games.The main goal is to popularize the nomadic cultural heritage, to foster patriotic feelings, interest in traditional games and raise the intellectual level of children
EN: The opening ceremony of the World Nomad Games in 2016. The World Nomad Games have become a platform for traditional game practitioners and interested communities to strengthen mutual cooperation and exchange of experience
EN: Thousands of volunteers from local communities to participate the Nomad Games programme. For instance, more than 3000 volunteers from local communities from all over the country took part in the WNG.
EN: Learning workshop on traditional horseback game 'At Chabysh' for visitors
EN: Nomad Games festivals create a platform not only for the traditional game practitioners but also to a wide range of traditional craftsmen and craftswomen such as yurt (traditional felt dwelling) makers
