Ethnosport
Horseback games, wrestling, archery, hunting with birds and intellectual games — under shared international rules, with nothing of their essence lost.
All sports
World Nomad Games · since 2014
United in strength,
united in spirit
An international cultural and sporting platform that every two years gathers the world around the traditional sport, culture and knowledge of nomadic peoples. Six Games are behind us; the seventh will be held in Kazan in 2028.
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Kazan · 2028
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Ethnoculture
The ethno-cultural village, the festival, crafts, music, epics, cuisine and traditional fashion — a heritage you can live in for several days.
CultureTraditional knowledge
International conferences, forums and lectures on nomadic civilisation — from history and ecology to modern development.
ScienceThe latest Games
VI Games · Bishkek and Cholpon-Ata
31 August — 6 September 2026. The sixth Games returned to Kyrgyzstan with the largest programme ever: forty-three sports across two venues.
100+participating countries
≈3 000athletes
43sports
Medal table
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Everything about the Games
The project and the Secretariat, sport, culture and science, the Games gone by and the next ones in the making.
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History of the Games
Six Games, twelve years
From nineteen countries on the shore of Issyk-Kul to over a hundred delegations across two continents. Every edition has its own story.
Sports
What happens on the field
Six key sports — with their origins, rules and what to watch for.
Kyrgyzstan 2026
Tatarstan 2028
Türkiye
Kazakhstan