Camel Polo winter festival, March 2013

The Camel Polo 2013 winter festival will run at the Chinggis Khan statue complex, Tsonjin Boldog, on 9th and 10th March.

The Mongolian Camel Polo, Sport Competition and Travel Association NGO, the Minister of Industry and Agriculture and the Minister of Culture, Sport and Travel will organize the winter festival.

Competitions such as this are aimed at improving the protection of the endangered Mongolian Bactrian camel by increasing the number of camels and by bringing them to public attention. The Mongolian Camel Polo Association wants to make the camel polo competition a popular event, by developing winter sport competitions in order to hold winter sport festivals for tourists. During this Camel Polo Festival an exhibition of national camel wool and milk products, cultural performances and a fashion show will be held.

The prize fund for the Camel Polo 2013 winter festival is 20 million MNT.

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