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Mongolia Eagle Hunting Festival

A Kazakh couple in traditional dress play a game called, "Kiss the girl," at the Eagle Hunting Festival, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 2, 2004. If the girl proves to be a better rider than the boy she gets to playfully whip him with her riding crop to his embarassment. If the boy is better and proves his strength as a horsemen then he has a chance to date the girl.

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A Kazakh couple in traditional dress play a game called, "Kiss the girl," at the Eagle Hunting Festival, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 2, 2004.  If the girl proves to be a better rider than the boy she gets to playfully whip him with her riding crop to his embarassment.  If the boy is better and proves his strength as a horsemen then he has a chance to date the girl.