I just got home from taking part in two full days of the Naadam festival here in Arkhangai! This is the big annual event that occurs every year all over Mongolia. It involves three sports: wrestling, archery, and horse racing. It was these horse races that the helmets were primarily collected for. This is just going to be a brief summary, but I'm happy to report that helmets were distributed amongst kids and many of them wore them in the race! A longer description and more pictures will be coming soon...
Again, thanks so much to all of you who donated time, energy, money, and your helmets to this project!
For now, here's one teaser picture of some adorable kids wearing their helmets, getting ready to start the first horse race.
This is so awesome Kara! What a great photo! The kids are way cool. We are very glad to be a part of your efforts.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Kate and Terry
p.s. the next batch of helmets is here and should be in the mail to Mongolia shortly