Naadam Festival 2015 Program

Naadam Festival 2015 will be held from Friday July 10th to Sunday July 12th to celebrate the anniversary of the Mongolian revolution of 1921. This festival is the biggest traditional event in Mongolia, during which the three major contests occur : Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery. Of course, the most important festival takes place in Ulaanbaatar, but many Naadams are organized through Mongolia. Please find below the program for Naadam Festival 2015 in Ulaanbaatar :  

 

	July 1-25
10:00-22:00	Beautiful Mongolia Exhibition	Mongolian Arts Gallery
	July 7th, Tuesday
9.00-19.00	Uriankhai Archery	Archery Field
	July 8th, Wednesday
9.00-18.00	Buriad Archery	Archery Field
	July 9th, Thursday
9.00-19.00	Children Archery	Archery Field

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July 10th, Friday

8.00-11.00	4 years old -Horse Racing	Hui Doloon Hudag
08.00	Ankle Bone Preliminary rounds	Ankle Bone Pavilion
10.30	Wall Archery Starter Games	Archery Field
10.00-11.00	Ceremony to commemorate State Flag Day	Chinggis Square
12.00-12.30	Flower Ceremony at the Sukhbaatar Statue and Chinggis Khaan Memorial	Chinggis Square
14.00-16.20	2 years old -Horse Racing	Hui Doloon Hudag
14.30-18.30	Wall Archery Middle Games	Archery Field
15.00	State Concert to Commemorate 2224th Anniversary of New Regime, 809th Anniversary of Ikh Mongol State, 94th Anniversary of People's Revolution	Chinggis Square
19.00	Deel Festival - Mongol Naadam	Chinggis Square
21.00	Ceremony to Honor State Banner	Chinggis Square
22.00	Three Heads Opera	Chinggis Square

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July 11th, Saturday

8.00-11.40	Stallion Racing	Hui Doloon Hudag
10.00	Ankle Bone Semi-Finals	Ankle Bone Pavilion
10.00	Ceremony to Deliver State Banner
11.00	Ceremony to Deliver State Banner to Stadium
11.10	Opening Speech by President of Mongolia
11.20	Opening Ceremony of Naadam Festival
11.30	Opening Ceremony of Ankle Bone	Ankle Bone Pavilion
12.00-15.00	Wrestling 1st round	Stadium
12.30	Ankle Bone Semi-Finals	Ankle Bone Pavilion
13.30-14.00	Naitonal Archery Show	Archery Field
13.30-16.00	Youth Wrestling 1st round	Stadium
14.00	Opening Ceremony at Hui Doloon Hudag	Hui Doloon Hudag
14.00-17.00	Older Horse Racing	Hui Doloon Hudag
14.30-16.30	Wall Archery Final Game	Archery Field
15.20-18.00	Wrestling 2nd round	Stadium
16.20-18.00	Youth Wrestling 2nd round	Stadium
16.30-20.00	National Chip Archery Starter Games	Archery Field
21.00-23.00	Ulaanbaatar Evening Concert	Chinggis Square
23.00	Fireworks	Chinggis Square

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July 12th, Sunday

07.00-9.20	5 years old - Horse Racing	Hui Doloon Hudag
08.00	Ankle Bone Finals	Ankle Bone Pavilion
08:00-12:00	Chip Archery Middle Games	Archery Field
9.30-11.00	Wrestling 3rd round	Stadium
10.00-11.00	Youth Wrestling 3rd round	Stadium
10.30-12.30	Colt Racing	Hui Doloon Hudag
11.20-12.40	Wrestling 4th round	Stadium
11.20-12.40	Youth Wrestling 4th round	Stadium
12.00-13.40	Chip Archery Final Games	Archery Field
12.30	Ankle Bone Awarding Ceremony	Ankle Bone Pavilion
13.40-14.00	Best Archer Final 8 Archers Competition	Archery Field
15.20-15.30	Awarding Ceremony of Archers and Ankle Bone Game Winners	Stadium
15.20-16.00	Wrestling 6th round	Stadium
15.20-16.00	Youth Wrestling 5th round	Stadium
16.10-16.40	Awarding Ceremony of Horse Race Winners	Stadium
16.40-17.10	Youth Wrestling 6th round	Stadium
16.40-17.20	Wrestling 7th round	Stadium
17.25-17.45	Awarding Ceremony of new State Falcon	Stadium
17.50-18.40	Wrestling 8th round	Stadium
18.35-19.05	Youth Wrestling 7th round	Stadium
18.45-19.00	Awarding Ceremony of new State Elephant	Stadium
19.05-19.35	Wrestling 9th round	Stadium
19.40-19.55	Awarding Ceremony of winners of Wrestling	Stadium
19.55	Closing Speech by President of Mongolia	Stadium
20.00	Naadam Festival Closing Ceremony

  as you can see there will be many activities you may attend : horse racing, archery, wrestling... but also lots of ceremonies, concerts and fireworks to celebrate this major event in Mongolia !