The young riders of Mongolia

The young riders of Mongolia


The story is about the old traditional in Mongolia they called it horse race. The race started in the 1200s, during the time of Gerghis khan. Gerghis khan is the one of the great emperor become he make a big empire. Mongolia are very good in horse riding. People in the world think that they are great horse men. Many people in Mongolia use horse for they way of life. They called the tradition festival of Naadam, were riders must be younger than 12 years old. The race start in the morning they make their horses very special, they use leather, incense and milk of the horse for the preparation. The parents of the young riders walk them around, over 500 riders will complete the rider must walk the horse over 15 miles to the starting point. The first five horse finish the race will get blue sash and medal.