ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Two women wearing pointed hats and ankle-length leather overcoats trimmed with fur walk past a cluster of gers, the traditional tent dwellings of Central Asia's nomadic peoples. One has a fierce-looking golden eagle perched on her thick leather glove, the other a leash attached to a Tazy dog -- an endangered Kazakh breed.
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Eagles, wrestling and horseback archery at the World Nomad Games
Competitors from Kazakhstan to Japan meet in biggest-ever Turkic sports event
Competitors line up for a traditional archery competition during the Fifth World Nomad Games in Astana, Kazakhstan. (All photos by Kit Yeng Chan)
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