ASTANA – On National Sports Day, celebrated on March 20 as part of the ten-day Nauryz festivities, The Astana Times ...

launching a young eagle from horseback as taught by Kazakh nomads in Mongolia. Perhaps as few as seventy traditional eagle hunters, known as bürtkitshi, remain in Mongolia. Some young people are ...

In western Mongolia’s Bayan-Ulgii province, home to the annual Golden Eagle Festival, a centuries-old tradition is alive in the rustle of flapping wings. Within view of the Altai Mountains, the ...

ULAN BATOR, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The 19th Golden Eagle Festival kicked off in Mongolia on Saturday to promote tourism and ethnic Kazakh culture. A group of hunters from Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and ...