What is the origin of the Mongolian festival, which was traditionally held by the Huns?
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The Mongolian National Festival is a witness to the great history of the Mongolian people with ancient traditions.
The Huns used to organize festivals to unite the scattered tribes and improve the fighting skills of their soldiers, and since then, the Mongols have been celebrating the three male festivals.
Modern researchers believe that the Mongolian festival originated in the 1st-2nd century BC, when the unified state of the Hun dynasty was established. Because it is inevitable that a man needs these three skills to protect his land and country.
For example, while riding a horse, you can kill your enemy with a bow and arrow. However, it is recorded in historical sources that if you want to enter hand-to-hand combat without a sword, you need to use wrestling tricks. In this way, three festivals of men, which are a collection of rituals, customs, and academic skills, were born. In 2015, the Mongolian Festival was registered in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
Also, in 1696, during the big danshig festival in Dolonnuur, the song "Tumen eh" was composed, which became the anthem of the Mongolian festival. When children's songs fill the air, and the dust of golden turbans fills the sky and the ground, every Mongolian's soul is filled with excitement and admiration.
We have a great history of the great emperor Genghis Khan, who crossed the vast plains and mountains with the power of his horse and stamped the world with agate hoofs, establishing the Mongolian Empire. Horse racing is one of the forms of Mongolian festivals and weddings. Livestock farming has been the main industry since ancient times, so the life of a herdsman in the vast countryside is unimaginable without horses.
The fastest horses are selected from among the horses, they are fed and brushed many days in advance, they are tested by galloping every day, and then they race on unprepared field roads of about 10-30 kilometers according to the distance of the terrain according to their age. There is no other horse race in the world that has the characteristic of running 20-30 kilometers until the last breath.
In the 13th century, in addition to the fiddle, every home had a bow and arrow. Every man had a bow, and every woman could also shoot. Archery developed from the early development of the bow and arrow, aiming at the longest possible distance, killing the enemy, and finding large prey in the game. The longest shot in the history of the Mongolian military was recorded by Genghis Khan's grandson Yesugen, who shot 330 yards, approximately 520 meters.
The mighty men, dressed in sackcloths with the pattern of a tent, compete with their tricks on the green stage of the festival, and entertain the large crowds of the state festival. One of the unique features of Mongolian wrestling is its uniform. In the Mongolian folk epic "Eryin Zain Khan Harangui", it is mentioned that there are sacks made of boar skin and sacks made of bull skin, which indicates that sacks were made from the skin of some powerful animal.
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