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  • Throwing the goat skin with panache is a challenge to all other riders after winning an individual match in Kokpar also known as Bushkashi at the annual Eagle Hunting Festival, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 6, 2003.  Kokpar requires a combination of strength, courage, and horsemanship skills.  This traditional game has come back since the Soviet withdrawal from the region.  The Kazakhs of Mongolia play one on one, with 10 men on each team.  When a rider loses his grip on the goat or falls off his horse he has to join the opposing team.  Eventually one team has all the riders on its side and is the winner.  Kokpar or Bushkashi is also played in a ruby style in other parts of Central Asia including Kazakhstan.  Hundreds of riders may line up on each side, and then mayhem prevails as they all rush to grab the goat.
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  • Two Kazakh riders struggle for control of a dead goat in a game of Kokpar also known as Bushkashi at the annual Eagle Hunting Festival, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 2, 2004.  Kokpar requires a combination of strength, courage, and horsemanship skills.  This traditional game has come back since the Soviet withdrawal from the region.  The Kazakhs of Mongolia play one on one, with 10 men on each team.  When a rider loses his grip on the goat or falls off his horse he has to join the opposing team.  Eventually one team has all the riders on its side and is the winner.  Kokpar or Bushkashi is also played in a ruby style in other parts of Central Asia including Kazakhstan.  Hundreds of riders may line up on each side, and then mayhem prevails as they all rush to grab the goat.  **  This image for non exclusive licensing only
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  • Two Kazakh riders struggle for control of a dead goat in a game of Kokpar also known as Bushkashi at the annual Eagle Hunting Festival, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 2, 2004.  Kokpar requires a combination of strength, courage, and horsemanship skills.  This traditional game has come back since the Soviet withdrawal from the region.  The Kazakhs of Mongolia play one on one, with 10 men on each team.  When a rider loses his grip on the goat or falls off his horse he has to join the opposing team.  Eventually one team has all the riders on its side and is the winner.  Kokpar or Bushkashi is also played in a ruby style in other parts of Central Asia including Kazakhstan.  Hundreds of riders may line up on each side, and then mayhem prevails as they all rush to grab the goat.
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  • Two Kazakh riders struggle for control of a dead goat in a game of Kokpar also known as Bushkashi at the annual Eagle Hunting Festival, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 6, 2003.  Kokpar requires a combination of strength, courage, and horsemanship skills.  This traditional game has come back since the Soviet withdrawal from the region.  The Kazakhs of Mongolia play one on one, with 10 men on each team.  When a rider loses his grip on the goat or falls off his horse he has to join the opposing team.  Eventually one team has all the riders on its side and is the winner.  Kokpar or Bushkashi is also played in a ruby style in other parts of Central Asia including Kazakhstan.  Hundreds of riders may line up on each side, and then mayhem prevails as they all rush to grab the goat.
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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.
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  • An eagle hunter prepares to demonstrate his eagle for spectators at the annual Eagle Hunting Festival which celebrates Kazakh culture, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia.  Kazakhs have hunted with eagles for centuries.  The Eagle Hunting Festival has revived Kazakh culture which was surpressed under Soviet rule.
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  • The look of a hungry golden eagle before the Eagle Hunting Festival which celebrates Kazakh culture, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia.  Kazakhs have hunted with eagles for centuries and the best way to make them hunt is to starve them of food.  The Eagle Hunting Festival has revived Kazakh culture which was surpressed under Soviet rule.
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  • A hooded golden eagle sits outside its owners gher before the Eagle Hunting Festival which celebrates Kazakh culture, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Sept 16, 2004.  Kazakhs have hunted with eagles for centuries.  The Eagle Hunting Festival has revived Kazakh culture which was surpressed under Soviet rule.
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  • An eagle hunter prepares to demonstrate his eagle for spectators at the annual Eagle Hunting Festival which celebrates Kazakh culture, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 2, 2004.  Kazakhs have hunted with eagles for centuries.  The Eagle Hunting Festival has revived Kazakh culture which was surpressed under Soviet rule.
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  • An eagle hunter releases a golden eagle flying to another eagle hunter in the valley below at the annual eagle hunting festival.
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  • An eagle hunter prepares to demonstrate his eagle for spectators at the annual Eagle Hunting Festival which celebrates Kazakh culture, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 1, 2004.  Kazakhs have hunted with eagles for centuries.  The Eagle Hunting Festival has revived Kazakh culture which was surpressed under Soviet rule.
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  • An eagle hunter demonstrates his eagle's hunting skills for spectators at the annual Eagle Hunting Festival which celebrates Kazakh culture, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 2, 2004.  Kazakhs have hunted with eagles for centuries.  The Eagle Hunting Festival has revived Kazakh culture which was surpressed under Soviet rule.
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  • An eagle hunter prepares his eagle for the annual Eagle Hunting Festival that celebrates Kazakh culture, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Sept 18, 2004.  Kazakhs have hunted with eagles for centuries.  The Eagle Hunting Festival has revived Kazakh culture which was surpressed under Soviet rule.
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  • Hooded golden eagles rest on a Russian motorcycle at the  annual Eagle Hunting Festival which celebrates Kazakh culture, Bayan Olgi, Mongolia, Oct 6, 2003.  Kazakhs have hunted with eagles for centuries.  The Eagle Hunting Festival has revived Kazakh culture which was surpressed under Soviet rule.
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  • After lunch Lek takes time-out to speak to a room full of volunteers and tourists.  She opens by telling the group Elephant Nature Park tries to focus on education which can stop a lot of cruelty.  From the back row a male volunteer, Kingsley Williams from Australia asks, "Is any kind of elephant riding wrong?"  ..Lek responds: "I have to tell you, I don't like it.  But I don't blame people who ride them, because they want the experience, but if they know what is behind the training it is not good.  I can tell you that with elephant trekking in Thailand 100 percent of the elephants go to the traditional training crush.  I'm going to show you this video I filmed across the border in Myanmar, but I warn you, it is very difficult to watch.".  .The video opens with horrendous shrieks from a baby elephant whose feet and neck are chained inside a tight stockade made from wood logs.  Villagers jab at its body with bamboo sticks, some with sharpened spikes on the end to inflict more pain.  [Optional text: Blood drips from the wounds.  The shrieks from the animal continue.  Another villager smashes it across the face with a heavy pole.  Water like tears drip from its eyes.  The elephant continues to resist, but it can't move, and each time the beating gets worse.  At one point a villager's uses one of the spikes to stab deep into its ear canal.]  Several people in the audience begin to cry, some have to leave the room.  This is the traditional training crush, used for centuries to break the will of these highly intelligent creatures, so they will obey and perform for humans.  Elephants can be subject to the crush for 3 days up to one month, depending on how long it takes to destroy their spirit.   ..
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  • After lunch Lek takes time-out to speak to a room full of volunteers and tourists.  She opens by telling the group Elephant Nature Park tries to focus on education which can stop a lot of cruelty.  From the back row a male volunteer, Kingsley Williams from Australia asks, "Is any kind of elephant riding wrong?"  ..Lek responds: "I have to tell you, I don't like it.  But I don't blame people who ride them, because they want the experience, but if they know what is behind the training it is not good.  I can tell you that with elephant trekking in Thailand 100 percent of the elephants go to the traditional training crush.  I'm going to show you this video I filmed across the border in Myanmar, but I warn you, it is very difficult to watch.".  .The video opens with horrendous shrieks from a baby elephant whose feet and neck are chained inside a tight stockade made from wood logs.  Villagers jab at its body with bamboo sticks, some with sharpened spikes on the end to inflict more pain.  [Optional text: Blood drips from the wounds.  The shrieks from the animal continue.  Another villager smashes it across the face with a heavy pole.  Water like tears drip from its eyes.  The elephant continues to resist, but it can't move, and each time the beating gets worse.  At one point a villager's uses one of the spikes to stab deep into its ear canal.]  Several people in the audience begin to cry, some have to leave the room.  This is the traditional training crush, used for centuries to break the will of these highly intelligent creatures, so they will obey and perform for humans.  Elephants can be subject to the crush for 3 days up to one month, depending on how long it takes to destroy their spirit.   ..
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  • Phi Ta Khon Festival, Dan Sai, Thailand.....The Phi Ta Khon or Ghost Festival is held each year combining the celebration of Boon Phra Wate held during the 4th lunar month and Boon Bung Fai held during the 6th lunar month.  It is a combination of Buddhist merit making and offerings to the spirits for rain and a productive rice harvest.  There are solemn ceremonies following normal Buddhist scripts and ghosts or spirits are often intertwined with this.....However, each year the 3 day festival draws raucous teams of local mask makers, mostly young men, who dress as Phi Ta Khon "Ghosts" and consume large quantities of lao khao (rice wine).  The Phi Ta Khon parade through the streets with large wooden phallus symbols playfully teasing everyone.  Each day the parade ends at Phon Chai Temple where the Phi Ta Khon and the town's people circle the temple repeatedly dancing and cheering.  There are also giant Phi Ta Khon Yai made of bamboo resembling men and women with exaggerated genitals.  Many in the crowd take turns leading the male Phi Ta Khon Yai around the temple by his sex organ.  ....The top of the masks are made of traditional rice baskets and rockets are fired into the sky to please the spirits and signal for rain.....The parade celebrates the Buddha's last great incarnation before achieving enlightenment.  According to legend the last incarnation was celebrated with such fervor that the parade invoked the spirits to join in the festivities...
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  • Phi Ta Khon Festival, Dan Sai, Thailand.....The Phi Ta Khon or Ghost Festival is held each year combining the celebration of Boon Phra Wate held during the 4th lunar month and Boon Bung Fai held during the 6th lunar month.  It is a combination of Buddhist merit making and offerings to the spirits for rain and a productive rice harvest.  There are solemn ceremonies following normal Buddhist scripts and ghosts or spirits are often intertwined with this.....However, each year the 3 day festival draws raucous teams of local mask makers, mostly young men, who dress as Phi Ta Khon "Ghosts" and consume large quantities of lao khao (rice wine).  The Phi Ta Khon parade through the streets with large wooden phallus symbols playfully teasing everyone.  Each day the parade ends at Phon Chai Temple where the Phi Ta Khon and the town's people circle the temple repeatedly dancing and cheering.  There are also giant Phi Ta Khon Yai made of bamboo resembling men and women with exaggerated genitals.  Many in the crowd take turns leading the male Phi Ta Khon Yai around the temple by his sex organ.  ....The top of the masks are made of traditional rice baskets and rockets are fired into the sky to please the spirits and signal for rain.....The parade celebrates the Buddha's last great incarnation before achieving enlightenment.  According to legend the last incarnation was celebrated with such fervor that the parade invoked the spirits to join in the festivities...
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  • A man dressed as a Phi Ta Khon or ghost at the Phi Ta Khon Festival, Dan Sai, Thailand, Saturday, July 5, 2008...The Phi Ta Khon or Ghost Festival is held each year combining the celebration of Boon Phra Wate held during the 4th lunar month and Boon Bung Fai held during the 6th lunar month.  It is a combination of Buddhist merit making and offerings to the spirits for rain and a productive rice harvest.  There are solemn ceremonies following normal Buddhist scripts and ghosts or spirits are often intertwined with this...However, each year the 3 day festival draws raucous teams of local mask makers, mostly young men, who dress as Phi Ta Khon "Ghosts" and consume large quantities of lao khao (rice wine).  The Phi Ta Khon parade through the streets with large wooden phallus symbols playfully teasing everyone.  Each day the parade ends at Phon Chai Temple where the Phi Ta Khon and the townís people circle the temple repeatedly dancing and cheering.  There are also giant Phi Ta Khon Yai made of bamboo resembling men and women with exaggerated genitals.  Many in the crowd take turns leading the male Phi Ta Khon Yai around the temple by his sex organ.  ..The top of the masks are made of traditional rice baskets and rockets are fired into the sky to please the spirits and signal for rain...The parade celebrates the Buddhaís last great incarnation before achieving enlightenment.  According to legend the last incarnation was celebrated with such fervor that the parade invoked the spirits to join in the festivities..
    Phi Ta Khon rj.jpg
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