Mongol horseman/jockey sweep sweat off horse with wooden stick after horse race. Central Mongolia.
Riders from age of 5 to 12 years of age wear vibrantly colour stain capes and matching suits, participate in bareback horse races of distance of 20 Kms. Some only wear socks to cut down the weight of bulky boots and almost all have a dashur a crop to urge their horses on. Naadam Festival at Bunkhan Valley, Mongolia,