mightyoctopus:doctorslippery:rejectedprincesses: mccaffeteria:rejectedprincesses:Chynara Madinku
mightyoctopus:doctorslippery:rejectedprincesses: mccaffeteria: rejectedprincesses: Chynara Madinkulova (long hair) and Aida Akmatova (bun) compete in the “Traditional Archery” category at the World Nomad games in Kyrgyzstan, which concluded last week. Said games also include eagle hunting, horseback wrestling, and setting people on fire. Also this game where you chuck javelins at people to knock them off their horse. Clearly the Olympics needs to step it up. I’m sorry did you say setting people on fire? Yes. Yes I did. It’s called Oert Jalymdagan Chabandes. It’s on a stamp. We live in a weird, wonderful world, Tumblr. Why isn’t this on ESPN?This is why we need the Wide World of Sports back. [ID 1: A woman performing archery with her feet while doing a handstand. The bow is held between two toes while the arrow is drawn back with the other leg, also held between two toes.ID 2: Two women performing handstand archery with their feet.ID 3: Two women riding horses. They’re wearing sparkling red shirts and expressions of elation, their hands are thrown up in the air.ID 4: A man is falling of his horse after having a wooden rod thrown at him in the foreground. Another man on a horse is approaching in the background.ID 5: A gif of burning people riding on horses at night.ID 6: A 2016 postage stamp from the KYRGYZ EXPRESS POST depicting a burning rider on a white horse. /END ID] -- source link