PHOTOS: Kurdish heritage is reflected in Horse Festival in Sulaimani

Mustafa Shilani 2021/05/22 15:16

Part of the horse parade. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan Sulaimani horse festival

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Friday morning marked the beginning of the Sulaimani horse festival, with the participation of about 100 contestants from different parts of the Kurdistan Region.

Riders displayed different types of horses at the festival, which aims to honor Kurdish heritage and practice sports and activities encouraging people to ride horses.

Horse-keeping is a prominent position in the Kurdistan Region.

The region's capital, Erbil, has hosted many competitions displaying the beauty of purebred Arabian horses in the past few years, with local, Arab, and foreign participation.