Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Seventh National Minority Nationalities Traditional Sports Games

Date: September 6-13, 2003
Host cities: Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Shizuishan
Participants: over 5,000
Nationalities: 56
Delegations: 34

Competitive sports: 14 (firecracker ball, pearl ball, wood ball, ball-kicking, shuttlecock kicking, dragon boat racing, swinging, crossbow, top-whipping, elephants' tug-of-war, stilts running race, wushu, folk wrestling, equestrian skills)

Demonstration events: 128

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