Horse Riding Festival organized in Sulaymaniyah

Variety 12:39 PM - 2021-05-21

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On Friday morning, a Horse Riding Festival was launched in the city of Sulaymaniyah, with the participation of more than 100 equestrians presenting their horses at the festival.

 

Farhan, an equestrian who participant in the festival, told PUKmedia that the festival is for a group of equestrians who exhibit their different types of horses.

 

"The festival is a way to preserve the Kurdish heritage on the one hand and on the other hand as a kind of sport and a way for equestrians to gets to know each other," Farhan said.

 

Farhan pointed out that the horsemen from different cities and towns of the Kurdistan Region meet and perform their horse-riding skills at the festival.

 

He said that horse riding courses are now being held in most cities of the Kurdistan Region.

 

Equestrianism has a very ancient history in the history of the Kurds. In the past, horses were used for many purposes in Kurdistan, such as traveling, transporting goods, and many more, but due to the development of technology and the invention of cars and vehicles nowadays, horses are only used for entertainment and equestrianism is also a sport.

 

Kurdistan Region has many equestrians who often arrange local competitions and races among themselves though there is no official horse riding championship in the Kurdistan Region.  

 

 

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