Golden eagles, hawks and saker falcons featured in traditional hunting contests at the inaugural Open Asian Falconry Cup , the main competition of the fifth Shygys Salburyny International Festival . Participants came from Kazakhstan , Türkiye , Russia , China , Mongolia , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan , Georgia , Spain and Hungary . Around 15,000 spectators attended the two-day event, which also featured sighthound races, the taming of unbroken horses, mounted archery, the horseback coin-picking contest, known as "tenge ilu", tug of war and other traditional strength contests. The festival celebrates qusbegilik , Kazakhstan's centuries-old tradition of hunting with trained birds of prey .
Головну думку ми показуємо публічно. Створіть безкоштовний акаунт, щоб читати повну статтю, зберігати її, обговорювати та поєднувати з ринковим і OSINT-контекстом.