{"id":401873,"date":"2025-09-06T05:45:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401873\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T05:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:45:28","slug":"traditional-horse-racing-festival-kicks-off-at-xizangs-nagqu-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401873\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional horse racing festival kicks off at Xizang’s Nagqu festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An aerial drone photo shows the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. \u00a0(Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

The 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. The three-day festival held on the northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau features sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors.<\/p>\n

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An aerial drone photo shows the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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Riders perform an equestrian show at the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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Riders showcase equestrian skills during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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A performance is staged at the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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A performance is staged at the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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A rider performs an equestrian show at the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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Riders perform an equestrian show at the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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This drone photo shows riders demonstrating equestrian skills during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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A young rider competes in the 10,000-meter race during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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A performance is staged at the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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A rider competes in the 12,000-meter trotting race during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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An aerial drone photo shows young riders participating in the 10,000-meter race during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An aerial drone photo shows the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,24130,16,15,138623],"class_list":{"0":"post-401873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-tradition","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-xizang"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115155772105727133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}