REGULATIONS OF THE THIRD

CHOLPON-ATA KYRGYZ REPUBLIC SEPTEMBER 2-8, 2018

I. PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES

The World Nomad Games (hereinafter referred to as WNG) having specific traditions and ethno-cultural heritage of ethnoses and nations of the world have the following purposes and objectives: 1. Development the world ethno sports movement; 2. Popularizing and developing types of ethno sports, traditional games and competitions of ethnoses and nations of the world to the international arena; 3. Preserving the historical cultural heritage and diversity of ethnoses and nations of the world in the era of globalization; 4. Contributing to the scientific and organizational-methodical basis of ethno movement, types of ethno sports, traditional games and competitions of ethnoses and nations of the world; 5. Strengthening and further development the interreligious and intercultural dialogue, mutual understanding, friendship, consent and cooperation between ethnoses and nations of the world, and demonstration of their cultural diversity.

II. DATE AND VENUE

The World Nomad Games are held once every two years. Date: September 2-8, 2018. Location: Cholpon-Ata, Issyk-Kul region, Kyrgyz Republic. Arrival day of sport delegations: August 31 to September 1, 2018. Registration of sport delegations: August 31 to September 1, 2018. Opening ceremony: September 2, 2018. Closing ceremony: September 8, 2018. Day of departure of sport delegations: September 9, 2018, by 12.00.

III. TERMS OF PARTICIPATION AND ADMISSION

Countries, which provided on-time submission of the applications, can take part in the third WNG (application terms are in section IX). Countries with federal state structure are permitted to represent a team from each federated state1. Terms of non-official team points count are in section XI. The composition of delegations must fit to the table in Annex 2. The third WNG will include the following world championships: - the World Toguz Korgool Championship; - the World Championship. Each participating country irrespective of the state structure can represent only one national team for participation in the above mentioned world championships. Recruitment of national teams of the participating countries must be realized by local sport federations and associations on types of sports, and must be approved by competent authority in the sphere of physical education and sports. Authorized representatives of the participating countries must agree the list of national team with competent authority in the sphere of physical education and sports, and fill in electronic application on the official site of the third WNG www.worldnomadgames.com. Participants over 18 years old will be allowed to take part in competitions, except intellectual types of sports and . Participants must be dressed in unified national clothes of their country parade at the opening ceremony and unified sports clothes for participation in sport events.

1 This condition does not spread for participants of World Championships held in the third WNG.

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Participants of horse racing and Salbuurun should have a medical certificate and a veterinarian certificate to prove admission of animals (horses, dogs, hunting birds, etc.) for participation in competitions with obligatory indication of all the received vaccinations as well as certificate of insurance. The Organizing committee is not responsible for the consequences and possible injuries during training and competitions (death of horses, accidents, traumas and injuries sustained by sportsmen). The host country will take all security measures to assure safety at the places of participants’ accommodation and places where competitions are held. Veterinary and customs procedures related to the transportation and import of animals are carried out under the law of the host country.

IV. TERMS AND MANAGEMENT

General management of the preparation and conducting of the third WNG is carried out by the Organizing Committee formed by the host country. Direct management of preparation and conducting of the third WNG concerning sports events are executed by the State Agency for Youth Affairs, Physical Culture and Sports under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter referred to as the State Agency). The sports competitions included into the program of the third WNG will be conducted in accordance with the rules specified in Annex 1 and are available at official website of the third WNG.

V. FINANCIAL TERMS

The State Agency covers the following expenses: - organizing the third WNG (for sports events); - preparation and serving competitions’ places including sports facilities; - food for horses brought by the sport delegations of the participation countries; - providing transportation for the delegations ( city, “Manas” International Airport, posts through state border of Kyrgyz Republic) and all transfers during the competitions (to the competitions’ places and to the places of accommodation and back); - providing meals and accommodation for the sport delegations of the participation countries during the third WNG by Attachment 2 according to present regulation. The members of sport delegations above the specified quantity shall cover the accommodation and food costs at their own expense. The cost of accommodation in Cholpon-Ata hotels you can introduce on the official site of the third WNG. The participation countries are responsible for the following: - travel expenses of sport delegations: transportation costs of participants and animals, food and subsistence allowances for the members of sport delegations, food for animals during travel etc. - insurance for the delegation members; - providing national uniform of the sport delegations for participation in the opening ceremony parade of the third WNG, sports uniform for competitions of the third WNG, flags of the participation countries, national anthems, which recorded on the electronic media and the necessary sports equipment; - conducting of exhibition performances in national kinds of sports, folk games, amusements and traditions which are not part of the competition program of the third WNG.

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If the foreign teams participating in horse kinds of sports, for whatever reason, cannot bring their own horses, should notify the State Agency by applying a corresponding application from the competent sports authority till 1 August 2018. Teams meeting the above condition will be provided with appropriate animals by the host country. The host country will take necessary measures for the selection of appropriate animals by the foreign teams.

VI. REFEREEING (JUDGING)

The third WNG sports competitions shall held according to the present rules approved by the international and national sports federations. Judging in the third WNG competitions will perform by Council of Referees (referees of International and national level by kinds of sports) approved and invited by the third WNG Organizing Committee. The payment for work of the invited referees by kinds of sports will be paid by the Organizing Committee in accordance with the referee payment rules approved by International Federations. Protests. In case of any disputes, the representative of a team can submit a protest in written form to the relevant referees for taking a lawful decision with obligatory use of video or photo materials not later than 1 hour after a dispute has arisen and also from protest part should pay 500 US dollars to Council of Referees in cash. In case the parties are not satisfied with the decision made by the relevant referees, the protest are submitted to the Council the cash Deposit will be returned the protesting side, otherwise, remains in the referee. Council of Referees carries out Collecting and distribution of the money received from protesters by sports.

VII. DEMONSTRATIVE GAMES

Every participation country can present own national kinds of sports, folk games, traditions such as performances, which are not part of the third WNG competition program. In according with the applied applications to the Organizing Committee will prepare the program of folk demonstrated games, provide special ground for their performance and provide their coverage in mass media. Providing transportation: meeting delegations at arrival places (Bishkek city, “Manas” International Airport, posts through state border of Kyrgyz Republic) and all transfers during the competitions (to the competitions’ places and to the places of accommodation and back) during exhibition performance is responsible the Organizing Committee - the State Agency Transportation, accommodation and meals of the participants of exhibition events, transportation of the necessary equipment and symbols shall be covered by team commanding organizations. If the animals (horses, hunting birds, camels, yaks etc.) participate in demonstrated games, they should have necessary documents (medical certificate and animal’s passport with veterinarian admission of for participation in competitions for free import and export of animals according to all veterinary and customs procedures of the Kyrgyz Republic

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III. THE BOOK OF GREAT WINNERS

The newness of the third WNG will held the Great Nomad and the Great winner’s book of World Nomad Games. The absolute champion (winner) will be defining in the Great Nomad Wrestling without identified the second and third place etc. place according to the principle of “The great winner is the one, other are equal!” The Great Nomad Wrestling competition will organized in the ethnic cultural form as theatrical performances with musical and artistic accompaniment of ethnographic groups without identified the second and third place etc. place by the principle of “The great winner – one, other – equal! By the results of competition the Great Nomad Wrestling and also traditional archery and horse riding competition Kok boru will be awarded following titles of the great winners: – The Great wrestler; – The Great archer (man and women); – The Great kok-boru player and the great kok-boru horse; The Organizing Committee of the third WNG will add the results of the competition to the Great Winners’ Book of the World Nomad Games designed artistically and historical characteristic reflecting the peculiarities nomad people of the world. The Great Winners’ Book is chronicle (memorial) of the World Nomad Games which will add achievements of great winners of the World Nomad Games. Notes (writing) will make in two languages: in the state language of the host country and English language. After finishing the World Nomad Games the Great Winners Book will be kept in special conditions and will be demonstrated in international exhibitions, museums, galleries, etc.

IX. TIME AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE

The countries that want to take part in the third WNG need fill up the electronic application established form at the official website of the third WNG www.worldnomadgames.com by 15 July 2018 that includes the following requirements: - the official delegation list of participation country and applications according to the kinds of sport; - applications of the competition participants (sportsmen, coaches, referees, representatives) and their photographs; - scanned copies of passports of all the delegation members and other documents; To ensure timely meeting of sport delegations at the places of arrival, the participation countries shall submit their schedules of arrival to Kyrgyz Republic and departure before 15 July, 2018. Final registration for participation in the third WNG will be finished on 15 July, 2018. Please refer to for the third WNG get detailed information about kinds of sport, their rules, and terms of participation and submission of applications.

X. REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

Upon arrival the teams should register and present the following documents to the registration committee: - passport; - medical insurance certificate (members of sport delegations are allowed to participate in the third WNG only in presence of an original contract (certificate of insurance) about life and health insurance of participants).

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Participants of horse racing and Salbuurun hunting should additionally provide the following documents (in original): - medical certificates and animals’ passports (horses, dogs, and hunting birds) with name of an animal’s age, colour, owner of animals and other vaccinations.; - identification numbers (microchip, rings) for hunting birds (falcons and golden eagles). Acquaintance with all the above documents, the registration commission of participants decides whether to allow or not admit teams and individual participants too. Athletes under the age 18 should receive all permits documents for participation in competitions in accordance of the sending country. After registration, the relevant protocols (team members lists by kinds of sport, passport details), approved by the signatures of the chairman and the secretary of the registration commission are transferred to the judging committees by kinds of sport. Having received protocol of registration, the judging committees by kinds of sport permit the members of sport delegations (athletes, coaches and judges) to the competitions.

XI. AWARDING

The teams and athletes that win prizes in sports competitions at the third WNG will be awarded with medals and diplomas of corresponding degrees, as well as money and valuable prizes and other ethno attributes (commemorative prizes and souvenirs with the official symbols of the third WNG). According to the results of the third WNG, an unofficial team classification will be conducted. For the countries with federal structure of government, the results of the subjects of federated states will be counted by one best indicator for each discipline.

XII. OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONY

Opening ceremony. The cultural heritage of the host country as well as of nomadic people will be presented by a theatrical performances and representations before the parade of participating countries. Participating countries in national clothes will march in separate groups and alphabetical order of the names of the countries in English. The head of the host country will say an official welcome speech addressed to all participants and guests of the third WNG. One of the athlete or non-official of host country will take the oath on behalf of all athletes and referees in order to conduct fair play and competitions.

Closing ceremony. Theatrical performances and cultural events will be staged by the host country before the speech of the Head of the host country or another official speaking on his behalf. The Head of the host country or another official speaking on his behalf will announce the closing of the third WNG, followed by a performance of the anthems of the Host country and of the third WNG. After the completion of the third WNG the baton is passed to the host country of the next Games.

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XIII. CONTACTS

100, Razzakov St., Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 720040 Secretariat on Preparation and Hosting of the third World Nomad Games E-mail: [email protected] Official website: www.worldnomadgames.com

For all questions regarding participation in the third WNG in sports activities, you can contact the following contacts: – Belek Usenbekov, cell + 996 (558) 707 807, e-mail: [email protected] – Askaraly Madaminov, cell +996 (772) 150 145, e-mail: [email protected]

THIS REGULATION IS THE OFFICIAL INVITATION TO THE THIRD WORLD NOMAD GAMES

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ANNEX 1 TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE THIRD WORLD NOMAD GAMES

KINDS AND RULES OF THE GAMES Kinds of sport and detailed text and video rules are available at official website of the third WNG at: www.worldnomadgames.com

National games: 1. Ordo – national game (Kyrgyz Republic).

Horse racing: 2. At Chabysh – long distance racing; 3. Kunan Chabysh – two years old horse racing; 4. Zhorgo Salysh – racing on the pacers; 5. Byshty Zhorgo – three years old pacer racing; 6. Flat Racing; 7. Endurance.

Horseback riding competitions: 8. Kok Boru – horseback riding competition (Kyrgyz Republic); According to the results of kok boru, the Great Kok Boru player and the Great Kok Boru horse will be determined. 9. Er Enish – horseback wrestling (Kyrgyz Republic).

National wrestling competitions: 10. Alysh – national (Kyrgyz Republic); 11. Ashyrtmaly Aba Gureshi – national belt wrestling (Republic of ); 12. Goresh – national belt wrestling (); 13. Gushtini Milli Kamarbandi – national belt wrestling (Republic of ); 14. Gyulesh – national wrestling (Republic of ); 15. Kazakh Kuresi – national wrestling (Republic of ); 16. – national wrestling (Republic of ); 17. Kyrgyz Kurosh – national belt wrestling (Kyrgyz Republic); 18. Mongol Bokh – national wrestling (); 19. Pahlavani – national wrestling (Islamic Republic of ); 20. – national wrestling (Russian Federation); 21. – national belt racing (Republic of ); 22. – national wrestling (Japan); 23. GREAT NOMAD WRESTLING – united free belt wrestling of nomads. According to the results of the Great Nomad Wrestling, the Great Wrestler will be determined.

Martial arts competitions: 24. Tug of War – competition of the people of the world; 25. Mas-wrestling – national wrestling (Russian Federation); 26. Arm Wrestling – competition of the people of the world.

Traditional intellectual games: 27. Toguz Korgool – intellectual game (Kyrgyz Republic); 28. Mangala – intellectual game (Republic of Turkey);

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29. Oware – intellectual game (countries of the Western Africa).

Traditional archery competitions: 30. Traditional Archery (Kyrgyz Republic); 31. Traditional Archery (Republic of Turkey); 32. Traditional Archery (Republic of Korea); 33. Horseback Archery (Republic of Turkey and Kyrgyz Republic); 34. Flight Shooting (). According to the results of traditional archery competitions, the Great Archer (man, women) will be determined.

Salbuurun national hunting competitions: 35. Burkut Saluu – hunting with golden eagles (Kyrgyz Republic); 36. Dalba – hunting with falcons (Kyrgyz Republic); 37. Taigan Zharysh – racing of breed rock hounds (Kyrgyz Republic).

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NATIONAL GAMES

ORDO – national game (Kyrgyz Republic). Composition of the team – 9 people: 8 players, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. Competitions are held among men: Each team must be dressed in unified sport clothes. On the back of each participant must be a number, which shall conform to the numbers indicated in the application. If two teams earn equal points, the winner is: - The team to win a personal meeting; - Depending on the number and knocked chuko (alchiks) by knocking out Khan. Competitions are held under the current rules of the Ordo Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic.

HORSE RACING

AT CHABYSH – long distance racing. Composition of the team - 2 horses, 2 riders, 2 coaches, 2 grooms. Age of riders – 12 and older. Horses of all breeds over 3 years old are allowed to racing. Racing is held at a distance of 22 km. The national team of the Kyrgyz Republic consists of 18 horses (2 horses from each region including Bishkek and Osh cities), 18 riders, 18 coaches and 18 grooms.

KUNAN CHABYSH – two years old horse racing. Composition of the team – 2 horses, 2 riders, 2 coaches, 2 grooms. Age of riders – 12 and older. Horses racing are allowed stallions of all breeds aged between 2 to 3 years born in 2016. Racing is held at a distance of 11 km. The national team of the Kyrgyz Republic consists of 18 pacers (2 horses from each region including Bishkek and Osh cities), 18 riders, 18 coaches and 18 grooms.

ZHORGO SALYSH – racing on the pacers. Composition of the team – 2 horses, 2 riders, 2 coaches, 2 grooms. Age of equestrians – 12 and older. Horses of all breeds over 3 years old are admitted to racing. Racing is conducted at a distance of 11 km. The national team of the Kyrgyz Republic consists of 18 pacers (2 horses from each region including Bishkek and Osh cities), 18 riders, 18 coaches and 18 grooms.

BYSHTY ZHORGO – three years old pacer racing. Composition of the team – 2 horses, 2 riders, 2 coaches, 2 grooms. Age of riders – 12 and older. Horses racing are allowed stallions of all breeds born in 2015. Racing is held at a distance of 6 km. Composition of the national team of the Kyrgyz Republic – 18 horses (2 horses from each region including Bishkek and Osh cities), 18 riders, 18 coaches, and 18 grooms.

FLAT RACING. English thoroughbred horses are allowed to participate in flat racing registered in the international studbook (tribal) and having passports. The racing is held under the international rules. Jockeys take part in competitions in special clothes. The racing is held by weight in accordance with age and gender of the horse and category of the racing. Flat racing is held at the following distance:

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- flat racing at 1,600m distance. Stallions and mares are held to racing born in 2016. Composition of a foreign team – 1 horse, 1 jockey, 1 coach, 1 groom. Composition of the national team of the Kyrgyz Republic – 6 horses, 6 jockeys, 6 coaches, 6 grooms. - flat racing at 2,400 m distance. Stallions and mares are held to racing born in 2015. Composition of a foreign team – 1 horse, 1 jockey, 1 coach, 1 groom. Composition of the national team of the Kyrgyz Republic – 6 horses, 6 jockeys, 6 coaches, 6 grooms. - flat racing at 3,200 m distance. Stallions and mares are held to racing over 4 years old. Composition of a foreign team – 1 horse, 1 jockey, 1 coach, 1 groom. Composition of the national team of the Kyrgyz Republic – 6 horses, 6 jockeys, 6 coaches, 6 grooms. In each team includes 1 representative additionally for all kinds of horse racing, who submits an application and other documents to register participants to the Council of Referees and 1 veterinarian.

ENDURANCE. Endurance is held according to the rules of the FEI (International Equestrian Federation). Composition of a foreign team – 4 horses, 4 riders, 4 groom, 4 coaches, 1 veterinarian, 1 representative. Composition of the national team of the Kyrgyz Republic – 5 horses, 5 riders, 5 grooms, 5 coaches, 1 veterinarian, 1 representative. Endurance is held at the following distance: - CEI 1* – 80 km; Requirements to the participants: - riders must be registered in the FEI data base; - minimum weight of a rider must be 75 kg including all equipment; - horses must have national passports (really only for ) and FEI passports; - applications for taking part in the competitions must be filed FEI Entry System by national federations; - minimum age of rider is 14 years old; - minimum age of a horse is 6 years old. Requires qualification for a rider and a horse in competitions is not less than CEN 40-79 (national competitions not less than 40-79 km). Notes: 1. Qualification can be performed by rider and horse neither in pairs as separately; 2. performances qualification must confirmed published and technical results (rider and horse) and notes in the passports; 3. Qualification is valid to the rider without limitation of the later period for horses 13 months before the beginning competitions (CEN). The winner is determined for the best passing distance in condition confirming veterinary commission of norm physiological parameters and successful restoration of the horse’s pulse after the finish 30 minutes till 64 beats per minute.

HORSE COMPETITIONS

KOK BORU – national horseback competition (Kyrgyz Republic). Composition of the team – 16 people: 12 players, 1 coach, 3 grooms.

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Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men. Teams are allowed to participate in the competition, if there are not less than 8 players in the team. Each team must have unified sports clothes in different colors (with protective elements) (with protective elements) consisting of a headgear (tebetey), boots, a kamchy (horse-whip). On the back of each participant must be a number, which shall conform to the numbers indicated in the application. The day before the game starting the refereeing body by kinds of sports together with the teams’ representatives organizes a technical meeting, where the toss-up procedure is performed depending on the quality of the applications filed, the procedure of organizing competitions is determined: the quality of groups, play-off games and final games. Two teams occupying the highest positions in the Asian kok boru rating is divided into different groups. Before the beginning of each game, the teams’ representatives can be present when weighing goat carcass. Determination of winners and score (set) the points: - Awarded to the winners - 2 points; - Loser - 0 points. - team that finished with an even score during the regular time (group games) bullet is played: winners are awarded 2 points and losers 0 points.

Teams play semi-final and final games with draw score during the regular time is given for an extra period. During the extra period there is a “golden carcass” rule. If the teams play with an even score, bullet is played. According to the results of kok boru, the Great kok boru player and “Great horse of kok boru” will be determined. The Great player of kok boru will be the winner of the competition scored team over 15 goats of carcass for all the games into the rival’s Thai . The Great kok boru player will be awarded with medals and diplomas of corresponding degrees, as well as money and valuable prizes and other ethno attributes and his name will be added to the Great Winners’ Book of the World Nomad Games. The Great kok boru player will be an honored guest of the next Games, where he protects (defends) his title from contenders. If he loses or does not take part in competition at all, he loses his title and the name of a new Great kok boru player will be written in the Book of Great Winners of the World Nomad Games. Competitions are held under the current rules of the kok-boru Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic.

ER ENISH – horseback wrestling (Kyrgyz Republic). Composition of the team – 6 people: 5 athletes, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men. Weight categories: under 60 kg, under 70 kg, under 80 kg; under 90 kg and over 90 kg. Each participant must have two belts of different colors. The competition is held on a one-to-one. If the difference reaches 10 points, the leading athlete is awarded ahead-of-time win. Participant won a «clear victory» earns 4 points, winner participant earns 3 points, a draw is not accepted, and the loser participants earn 0 points. Loser participant outs of the game. Competitions are held under the current rules of the Er Enish World Federation.

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COMPETITIONS OF NATIONAL TYPES OF WRESTLING

ALYSH – national belt wrestling (Kyrgyz Republic) Composition of the team –14 people: 12 athletes (6 men and 6 women), 2 coaches. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men classic style and women in frees style. In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed from participating country. Weight categories: - among men (classic style): up to 60 kg, up to 70 kg., up to 80 kg, up to 90 kg, up to 100 kg, +100 kg; - among women (free style): up to 55 kg, up to 60 kg, up to 65 kg, up to 70 kg, up to 75 kg, +75 kg. Competitions are held under the current rules of the World Alysh Federation. The winner among men in weight category +100 kg gets a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

ASHYRTMALY ABA GURESHI – national belt wrestling (Republic of Turkey) Composition of the team – 4 people: 3 athletes, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men. In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories; – up to 65 kg, up to 80 kg, absolute weight category. Competitions are held under the current rules of the the International Aba Guresh Federation. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

GORESH – national belt wrestling (Turkmenistan) Composition of the team – 4 people: 3 athletes, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men. In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories: – up to 62 kg, up to 82 kg, absolute weight category. Competitions are held under the current rules of the the World Goresh Federation. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomads Wrestling”.

GUSHTINI MILLI KAMARBANDI – national belt wrestling (Republic of Tajikistan). Composition of the team – 4 people: 3 athletes, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men. In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories: – up to 68 kg, up to 82 kg, absolute weight category. Competitions are held under the current rules of the the Gushtini Milli Kamarbandi Belt Wrestling Federation of the Republic of Tajikistan. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomads Wrestling”.

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GYULESH – national wrestling (Republic of Azerbaijan). Composition of the team – 4 people: 3 athletes, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men (free style). In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories: – up to 60 kg, up to 80 kg, absolute weight category. Competitions are held under the current rules of the National Gulesh Federation of the Azerbaijan Republic. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

KAZAKH KURESI – national wrestling (the Republic of Kazakhstan). Composition of the team – 4 people: 3 athletes, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men (free style). In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories: – up to 70 kg, up to 90 kg., absolute weight category. Competitions are held under the current rules of the World Kazakh Kuresi Federation. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

KURASH – national belt wrestling (Republic of Uzbekistan) Composition of the team – 4 people: 3 athletes, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men. In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories: – up to 66 kg, up to 81 kg, absolute weight category. Competitions are held under the current rules of the National Kurash Federation of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The winner in the absolute weight category gets a right to take part in the ‘Great Nomads Wrestling.

KYRGYZ KUROSH – national belt wrestling (Kyrgyz Republic). Composition of the team – 9 people: 7 athletes, 2 coaches. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men. In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories: – up to 55 kg, up to 60 kg, up to 66 kg, up to 74 kg, up to 84 kg, up to 96 kg, absolute weight category. Competitions are held under the current rules of the Kyrgyz Kurosh Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

MONGOL BOKH – national wrestling (Mongolia). Composition of the team – 2 people: 1 athlete, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men in the absolute weight category. In all weight categories, maximum 1 athlete is allowed.

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Competitions are held under the current rules of the Mongol national wrestling federation. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

PAHLAVANI – national wrestling (Islamic Republic of Iran). Composition of the team – 4 people: 3 athletes, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men. In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories. – up to 70 kg, up to 80 kg, absolute weight category. Competitions are held under the current rules of the World Pakhlavani Federation. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

SAMBO – national wrestling (Russian Federation). Composition of the team – 9 people: 7 athletes, 2 coaches. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions on sambo are held among men. In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories: Among men: – up to до 52 kg., up to 57 kg., up to 62 kg., up to 68 kg., up to 74 kg., up to 82 kg, absolute weight category; Competitions are held under the current rules of the International sambo Federation. The winner among men in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

SSIREUM – national belt wrestling (Republic of Korea) Composition of the team – 2 people: 1 athlete, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. Competitions are held among men in the absolute weight category. In the absolute weight category maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Competitions are held under the current rules of the International Ssirym Federation. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

SUMO – national wrestling (Japan). Composition of the team – 2 people: 1 athlete, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. Competitions are held among men in the absolute weight category. In the absolute weight category maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Competitions are held under the current rules of the International Sumo Federation. The winner in the absolute weight category has a right to take part in the “Great Nomad Wrestling”.

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GREAT NOMAD WRESTLING – free united belt wrestling of nomad. Winners of competitions in the national wrestling in the absolute weight category1 take part in the Great Nomad Wrestling of the third WNG. Competitions are held among men. The Great Nomad Wrestling is held under the rules of free united belt Nomad wrestling. The winner of the Great Nomad Wrestling competitions is awarded the title of the “Great Wrestler”. All the procedures of the Great Nomad Wrestling, including the sportsmen’s parade, exit of wrestlers to the carpet, competitions, determination of winners are held in the ethno cultural form as theatrical performances and with musical and creative accompaniment of the ethnographic groups of the participating countries and organizing countries. The Great Wrestler is awarded with money and valuable prizes and other ethno attributes and his name will be added to the Great Winners’ Book of the World Nomad Games. The Great wrestler will be an honored guest of the next Games, where he protects (defends) his title from contenders (contenders). If he loses or does not take part in competition at all, he loses his title and the name of a new Great wrestler will be written in the Book of Great Winners of the World Nomad Games.

MARTIAL ARTS COMPETITIONS

TUG OF WAR – people of the world competition. Composition of the team – 10 people: 9 athletes, 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. Competitions are held among men excluding weight categories. Only athletes from the other kinds of sports can take part in these competitions. The competitions are held in 2 disciplines: – personal meeting 1х1; – team-to-team 8х8. A rope 33,9 m long till 10-12,5 cm in diameter is tied with a red ribbon in the middle; 4 and 5 m from the red ribbon the rope must be thwarted by a white and blue ribbons correspondingly. In the places of tug-of-war competition, there shall be a control line for determination of a winner. Upon the referee’s signal, each team begins to pull the rope simultaneously till the winner is determined. Team-to-team competition consists of maximum three tries. If a team wins in two sets then the third one is not held. After each try the teams have a rest for not over 2 minutes. Competitions are held under the current rules of the International Tug-of-War Federation.

MAS-WRESTLING – national competition (Russian Federation). Composition of the team – 14 people: 12 athletes (7 men and 5 women), 2 coaches. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. Competitions are held among men and women. Weight categories: - among men: up to 60 kg., up to 70 kg., up to 80 kg., up to 90 kg., up to 105 kg., up to 125 kg., over 125 kg; - among women: up to 55 kg., up to 65 kg., up to 75 kg., up to 85 kg., over 85 kg.

1 World champion on alysh at weight category +100 kg takes part in the Great Nomad wrestling.

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Competitions are held under the current rules of the International Mas-Wrestling Federation. The competition is held according to the rules adopted by the International Mas-wrestling Federation.

ARM WRESTLING – national competition. Composition of the team – 8 people: 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women), 2 coaches. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. Competitions are held on the right and left hand among men and women. In all weight categories maximum 1 athlete is allowed. Weight categories: - among men: up to 75 kg, up to 95 kg, up to 105 kg, over 105 kg; - among women: up to 75 kg, over 75kg. Competitions are held under the current rules of the World Armwrestling Federation.

TRADITIONAL INTELLECTUAL GAMES

Composition of the team – 15 people: 6 men, 6 women, 3 coaches. Women can participate instead of men. The athletes participating in mangala and oware are allowed to take part in toguz korgool competitions. The competitions in toguz korgool, mangala, and oware are held under the current rules of the International Mangala Federation. Winning player scored 1 point, draw is estimated at 0,5 point and the loser is counted no points. In the group competition winners and prize-winners are determined according to quantity of points. In case of an equal number of points “progress” coefficient is considered. In the individual rating, the number of points is taken into account, if they are equal, Buchholtz coefficient is considered; if Buchholtz coefficient is equal, then the results of the head-to-head battle is considered. In case of a draw, the number of korgool in the lost matches: the team that lost less korgool wins. If the number of lost korgool is equal, then the results of the first board are taken into account. All sportsmen must be dressed in the national clothes of their countries.

TOGUZ KORGOOL – intellectual game (Kyrgyz Republic). Composition of the team – 5 people: 2 men, 2 women, 1 coach. The competitions are held in individual and team ratings under the Swiss system. Quantity of rounds – 7. The results are counted separately among men and women. Each player is given 60 minutes for one game.

MANGALA – intellectual game (Republic of Turkey). Composition of the team – 5 people: 2 men, 2 women, 1 coach. The competitions are held in individual rating according to the Swiss system. Quantity of rounds – 7. The results are counted separately between men and women. Each player is given 20 minutes for one game.

OWARE – intellectual game (countries of the Western Africa) Composition of the team – 5 people: 2 men, 2 women, 1 coach. The competitions are held in individual rating according to the Swiss system. Quantity of rounds – 7. The results are counted separately between men’s and women’s teams. Each player is given 20 minutes for one game.

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TRADITIONAL ARCHERY COMPETITIONS

Traditional archery competitions are held in 5 disciplines: - Traditional archery (the Kyrgyz Republic); - Traditional archery (the Turkish Republic); - Traditional archery (the republic of Korea); - Traditional horseback archery (Turkey and Kyrgyzstan); - Traditional distance archery (Hungary).

Traditional archery competitions do not allow olympic bows, bows with sight, cross- bows, and also it is not allowed to use arrows made of carbonic and synthetic materials. Bows and arrows must be made of natural components.

THE GREAT ARCHER AND THE GREAT ARCHERESS In traditional archery competitions the Great Archer and the Great Archeress will be determined. Awarding the titles of the Great Archer and the Great Archeress it is necessary that the participant won in three of five disciplines. If this is not happen, then the Great Archer and the Great Archeress will be declared the participants that have won in one discipline and took medal places in two other disciplines. If it is not happen, the titles of the Great Archer and the Great Archeress will not be awarded till the next World Nomad Games. The Great Archer and the Great Archeress will be awarded money and valuable prizes and other ethno attributes; their names will be written in the Book of Great Winners of the World Nomad Games. The Great Archer and the Great Archeress will be honored guests of the next Games, where they protect their titles from contenders. If they lose to contenders or do not participate at all, they lose their titles, and the names of new Great Archer and the Great Archeress will be recorded in the Book of Great Winners of the World Nomad games

TRADITIONAL ARCHERY (Kyrgyz Republic) Composition of the team – 7 people: 6 athletes (4 men and 4 women), 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men and women in individual rating. Competitions are held under the current rules of the Salbuurun Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic.

TRADITIONAL ARCHERY (Republic of Turkey). Composition of the team – 7 people: 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women), 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men and women in individual rating. Competitions are held under the current rules of the Turkish Traditional Archery Association.

TRADITIONAL ARCHERY (Republic of Korea). Composition of the team – 7 people: 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women), 1 coach. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men and women in individual rating. Competitions are held under the current rules of the Traditional Archery Association of the republic of Korea.

HORSEBACK ARCHERY (Republic of Turkey and Kyrgyz Republic). Composition of the team – 7 people: 6 athletes (4 men and 4 women), 1 coach.

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Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men and women in individual rating. Competitions are held under the current rules of Traditional Archery Association of he Turkish Republic and the Salbuurun Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic

FLIGHT SHOOTING (Hungary). Participants of competitions on traditional archery and horseback archery are allowed to take part in competitions on flight shooting. Athletes older than 18 years are allow taking part in competitions. The competitions are held among men and women in individual rating. Competitions are held under the current rules of the rules of the Hungarian Turan Fund.

SPORTS COMPETITIONS IN NATIONAL KINDS OF HUNTING "SALBUURUN" (Complete game hunting with birds of prey and dogs)

Requirements to the participants of competitions in national kinds of hunting "Salbuurun": – participants must be dressed in national clothes; – participants must have a passport for birds of prey and the international veterinary certificate of vaccination of birds of prey, as well as a certificate from CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).

BURKUT SALUU – hunting with eagles hunting (Kyrgyz Republic). Composition of the team – 4 people: maximum 3 berkutchi (hunter with eagles), 1 coach. In this kind of competitions the participants are experiencing their eagles in two exercises: “undok” and “chyrga”. A winner of competition in “burkut saluu” is determined by the quantity of points earned in two competitions – "chyrga" and "undok". “Undok" Eagle is seated at a distance of 200 meters in this contest. At the judge's signal the hunter begins to holler his/her eagle, holding the bait. It is estimated time of arrival to the arm eagle. “Chyrga” Here, every eagle (the hunter with an eagle) starts his eagle in the direction of plaster cast made from the skins of foxes, whose rider galloping drags. The eagle has to fly to the dummy, moving at an average speed, and grab it. The time and speed of flight of birds is estimated. The level of training an eagle is determined by this exercise. Berkutchi scores a point. According to the rules, a hunter can run their eagle only one time.

DALBA – hunting with falcon (Kyrgyz Republic). Composition of the team – 4 people: maximum 3 kushchu (falconer), 1 coach. Speed of the falcon is estimated by running on the lure in this form of competition. 3 minutes is given to each kushchu (falconer) to test his falcon. During this time, the bird should fly from the air to simulate an attack on the lure, falconer who turns on the rope. It lures made of feathers partridge, pheasant and pigeon taken from the tail and wings. According to the rules, the judge note how many times the falcon flew and simulated attack on the lure. The winner is determined by the greatest number of points.

TAIGAN ZHARYSH – racing between breed rock hounds (Kyrgyz Republic). Team composition – 4 people: maximum 3 owners of dogs, 1 coach. Dog agility is determined by the speed it runs at a distance of 350 meters. Dogs chase the dummy of the fox or hare skin, with which the rider rides at a speed of 60-65 km/hour, or

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Types of sport and detailed text and video rules of the games could be reached on official website of the third WNG: www.worldnomadgames.com

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ANNEX 2 TO THE REGULATION OF THE THIRD WORLD NOMAD GAMES

Quantitative composition of sport delegations in different kinds of sports

Athletes

# Sport

Total

Men

Grooms

Coaches Coaches

Women

Veterinarian

Representatives

National games 1. Ordo (Kyrgyzstan) 8 – 1 – – – 9

Horse racing 2. At Chabysh 2 2 2 3. Kunan Chabysh 2 2 2 4. Zhorgo Salysh 2 2 1 2 1 35 5. Byshty Zhorgo 2 2 2 6. Flat Racing 3 3 3 7. Endurance 4 4 1 4 1 14

Horseback riding competitions 8. Kok Boru (Kyrgyzstan) 12 – 1 – 3 – 16 9. Er Enish (Kyrgyzstan) 5 – 1 – – – 6

National wrestling competitions 10. Alysh (Kyrgyzstan) 6 6 2 – – – 14 11. Ashyrtmaly Aba Gureshi 3 – 1 – – – 4 (Turkey) 12. Goresh (Turkmenistan) 3 – 1 – – – 4 13. Gushtini Milli Kamarbandi 3 – 1 – – – 4 (Tajikistan) 14. Gyulesh (Azerbaijan) 3 – 1 – – – 4 15. Kazakh Kuresi (Kazakhstan) 3 – 1 – – – 4 16. Kurash (Uzbekistan) 3 – 1 – – – 4 17. Kyrgyz Kurosh (Kyrgyzstan) 7 – 2 – – – 9 18. Mongol Bokh (Mongolia) 1 - 1 - - - 2 19. Pakhlavani (Iran) 3 – 1 – – – 4 20. Sambo () 7 – 2 – – – 9 21. Ssirym () 1 – 1 – – – 2 22. Sumo (Japan) 1 – 1 – – – 2 chosen from amongst the winners in kinds of 23. Great Nomad Wrestling national wrestling in absolute weight category

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Athletes

# Sport

Total

Men

Grooms

Coaches Coaches

Women

Veterinarian

Representatives

Martial arts competitions 24. Tug of War chosen from among the participants of all competitions 25. Mas -wrestling (Russia) 7 5 2 – – – 14 26. Arm Wrestling 4 2 2 – – – 8

Traditional intellectual games 27. Toguz Korgool (Kyrgyzstan) 2 2 1 – – – 5 28. Mangala (Turkey) 2 2 1 – – – 5 29. O ware (countries of the 2 2 1 – – – 5 Western Africa)

Traditional archery Traditional Archery 30. 4 2 1 – – – 7 (Kyrgyzstan) 31. Traditional Archery (Turkey) 4 2 1 – – – 7 Traditional Archery (South 32. 4 2 1 - - 7 Korea) - Horseback Archery (Turkey 33. 4 2 1 – – – 7 and Kyrgyzstan) chosen from among the participants of competitions 34. Flight Shooting (Hungary) on traditional archery and horseback archery

Salbuurun hunting competitions 35. Burkut Saluu (Kyrgyzstan) 3 – 1 – – – 4 36. Dalba (Kyrgyzstan) 3 – 1 – – – 4 37. Taigan Zharysh (Kyrgyzstan) 3 – 1 – – – 4

TOTAL: 223

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ANNEX 3 TO THE REGULATION OF THE THIRD WORLD NOMAD GAMES

PRIZE FUND

# Type of sports Prize fund 1. Ordo (Kyrgyz Republic) 1 000 000 KGS Soms 2. At chabysh 1 000 000 KGS Soms 3. Kunan Chabysh 700 000 KGS Soms 4. Zhorgo Salysh 700 000 KGS Soms 5. Byshty Zhorgo 700 000 KGS Soms 6. Flat Racing 1 500 000 KGS Soms 7. Endurance 500 000 KGS Soms 8. Kok Boru (Kyrgyz Republic) 4 700 000 KGS Soms Great Kok Boru player 200 000 KGS Soms Great Kok Boru horse 100 000 KGS Soms 9. Er Enish (Kyrgyz Republic) 700 000 KGS Soms 10. Alysh (Kyrgyz Republic) 840 000 KGS Soms 11. Ashyrtmaly Aba Gureshi (Republic of Turkey) 420 000 KGS Soms 12. Goresh (Turkmenistan) 420 000 KGS Soms 13. Gushtini Milli Kamarbandi (Republic of Tajikistan) 420 000 KGS Soms 14. Gyulesh (Republic of Azerbaijan) 420 000 KGS Soms 15. Kazakh Kuresi (Republic of Kazakhstan) 420 000 KGS Soms 16. Kurash (Republic of Uzbekistan) 420 000 KGS Soms 17. Kyrgyz Kurosh (Kyrgyz Republic) 840 000 KGS Soms 18. Mongol Bokh (Mongolia) 420 000 KGS Soms 19. Pahlavani (Islamic Republic of Iran) 420 000 KGS Soms 20. Sambo (Russian Federation) 420 000 KGS Soms 21. Ssireum (Republic of Korea) 420 000 KGS Soms 22. Sumo (Japan) 420 000 KGS Soms 23. Great Nomad Wrestling 2 200 000 KGS Soms Great Wrestler 24. Tug of War 605 000 KGS Soms 25. Mas -wrestling (Russian Federation) 840 000 KGS Soms 26. Arm Wrestling 420 000 KGS Soms 27. Toguz Korgool (Kyrgyz Republic) 856 000 KGS Soms 28. Mangala (Republic of Turkey) 322 000 KGS Soms 29. Oware (countries of the Western Africa) 322 000 KGS Soms 30. Traditional Archery (Kyrgyz Republic) 350 000 KGS Soms 31. Traditional Archery (Republic of Turkey) 350 000 KGS Soms 32. Traditional Archery (Republic of Korea) 350 000 KGS Soms 33. Horseback Archery (Republic of Turkey and Kyrgyz Republic) 350 000 KGS Soms 34. Flight Shooting (Hungary) 350 000 KGS Soms Great Archer (man) 200 000 KGS Soms Great Archer (woman) 200 000 KGS Soms 35. Burkut Saluu (Kyrgyz Republic) 260 000 KGS Soms 36. Dalba (Kyrgyz Republic) 260 000 KGS Soms 37. Taigan Zharysh (Kyrgyz Republic) 260 000 KGS Soms

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