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Winter Nadam festival kicks off in N. China

Xinhua, December 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

A winter Nadam fair featuring a series of ice and snow events kicked off Wednesday in Hulunbuir, a city of northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

   The three-month festival, which runs through March 1, 2016, will be highlighted with a series of sports including Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, horse taming, skiing and marathon.

   Nadam is a mass traditional Mongolian festival for celebration of harvests and pray for good luck.  Endi