The Naadam, or the "3 Manly Games", is one of the public holidays and eremonies of Mongolia. Mongols refer to their National Holiday as Naadam. The Three Manly Games include wrestling, arhery and horse racing, which are the sports of wisdom, courage and strength. There are also other games and performances during these days.
Naadam is celebrated on the 11th and 12th of July, and you can attend it.

Every year 512 wrestlers compete in the national Naadam and the wrestler who won the nine rounds becomes  the winner. By the rules of Mongolian wrestling, a wresler who lost in one round is dismissed. It's a great honor to wrestle in the national Naadam, and Mongolians wrestlers train hard during the year. The winner is called "turuu bukh" and "uzuur bukh" is one who won the second place. Nachin (falcon) title is given to a wrestler who won in 5 rounds, Zaan (Elephant) is a winner of 7 rounds. Arslan (lion) is a title bestowed to the winner of the first place in a national wrestling match. A man who has been "Arslan" twice is honored with the title of Avarga (champion) See the Mongolian wrestling video

In horse racing, horses of six different ages groups participate beginning from 2 to 6. Six horse races are held separately, acording to the age of the horses. Racetracks vary according to the horse age: 6 miles (10Km) for two-years-old colts, 17 miles (28 Km) for stallions. In some races, more than 700 horses take part. Young children, of ages 6 to 8 participate in horserace. The 5 horses, to come first in a race, are called "Airagdakh", which means that the horses are wintreated with airag (fermented mare milk). The title of "Tumniy Ekh" ("the first amoung thousands") is given to a winner horse.

See the horseracing video

Archery is another Naadam game in which many best arhers from all over the country compete. The winner is given a title "Erkhiy Mergen Kharvaach" ("Marksman"). See the archery video