A festival of national sports is taking place on November 4 at the Khakassia Sport physical fitness centre in Chernogorsk. It is dedicated to the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia and the Year of Friendship of the Peoples of Khakassia.
Nine delegations from national-cultural associations are presenting different traditional sports. The programme includes kures wrestling, lasso throwing, mas-wrestling, kettlebell sport, tobit, mini-football and tug-of-war.
Khakassia head Valentin Konovalov opened the festival and wished participants fair competition and success. He said events like this strengthen friendship.
