Ethnosport Cultural Festival
Horse Archery | |
Falconry | |
| Abbreviation | Ethnosport |
|---|---|
| Motto | 2018:The horse belongs to those who ride it and the sword to those who gird it on |
| First event | 2016 |
| Occur every | Annually |
| Last event | May 2018 |
| Purpose | Sport, Cultural revival |
| Headquarters | Istanbul |
| World Ethnosports Federation President | Bilal Erdogan |
| Website | Ethnosport Festival |
The Ethnosport Cultural Festival is a 5-day sport and culture festival held annually. Sporting and cultural activities of the Anatolia, Central Asia and the greater Turkic world, but also Japanese, Middle Eastern and other, are held.
For the festival, Yenikapi Square is transformed into a traditional looking Turkic- central Asian village with traditional tents, traditional sports fields and horse areas. 150 horses were involved in the 2018 edition.
13 of the tents are set up by different Turkic countries and communities with a 14th tent for Qatar in the 2018 edition.
Traditional crafts and dance are among the workshops given in the tents around the festival grounds. Over 880 athletes participated in the 13 ethnosports in the latest (3rd) edition.