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Purchase A License To Use This Image Buy A Print Or Product Featuring This ImageDressed in authentic period reproductions of the battle gear of Genghis Khan, these Mongolian men ride mustangs and engage in simulated combat to celebrate their revered patriarch. In this particular photo they raise up their shields and weapons and exhort battle cries before the fighting begins.
When we stumbled upon this re-enactment it reminded me of a renaissance fair back home in California. It was on a grander scale though, with hundreds of warriors mounted on horseback racing across the Mongolian steppes with swords, shields, lances and bows and arrows. They had banners flowing in the wind and the pounding hooves of the horses raised clouds of dust until you could barely make-out the furious mock battle raging before us.
To me it seemed very realistic, this re-creation of an ancient Mongolian battle. In the thick dust you could see two warriors slashing at each other with swords while a third combatant approached unseen from behind and pretended to impale one of the fighters. I had the sense I was witnessing something very close to the way such combat was actually conducted. One thing was for certain; these Mongolian men knew how to ride those Mustangs!
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