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23.06.2017
Ethnosport at a German university
In October 2016 Ethnosport and the concept behind it became subject of an academic seminar in Germa-ny for the first time. The two cultural anthropologists Malte Wulfinghoff and Robin Schneegaß designed and conducted the practice-related seminar “Ethnosport” for the winter term 2016/17 at the department of social and cultural anthropology of the Eberhard Karls-University in Tübingen.
09.12.2015
Wikileaks: the UNESCO Convention on Traditional Games Blocked by the US
WikiLeaks published information on the UNESCO convention on traditional games blocked by the USA. As a result, the importance of preserving traditional games was only mentioned in the minutes of the 33rd General Conference of UNESCO in 2005.
31.10.2015
Statement on the World Indigenous Games Brazil
Statement by the Alexey Kylasov, President of the Ethnosport World Society, on the World Indigenous Games Brazil, which take place in these days:
29.10.2015
Atmanovskiy Pugilism Awarded the National Prize
Atmanovskiy pugilism (traditional games) was awarded a diploma of the National Award in the field of event tourism “Russian Event Awards – 2015”. The ceremony was held at Korston hotel in Kazan.
28.10.2015
Verona declaration
Drafting Group on preparation of the Verona Declaration, which was accepted at the Tocati festival on September 20th, 2015, finished its work by publication of identical texts in 5 languages - English, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Portuguese and Russian.
15.06.2015
Game Heritage of the Livs will Be Preserved
The Latvian Ethnosport Association is starting its work towards preservation of the Livonian game heritage.
08.06.2015
The New WSF President will Continue to Cooperate with Ethnosport
Pradeep Baba Madhok, the new President of the World Strongmen Federation, said that he would continue to cooperate with ethnosport, and proposed to strengthen cooperation with the Ethnosport World Society (EWS).
07.06.2015
Traditional Wrestling at the Spartakiad of Moscow Communities
Competitions in traditional wrestling were held at the III Moscow Spartakiad of the national public associations and communities of Moscow.
31.05.2015
Traditional games on Trinity
Traditional Games and Ethnosport Federation of Russia with the support of Moscomsport (Moscow City Department of Physical Culture and Sport) revived hosting traditional games on Trinity, which took place in the Moscow Lianozovsky Park of Culture and Leisure.
16.05.2015
Ethnosport in Latvia
The "May Earl 2015" historic festival took place in Riga. It was attended by the Latvian Association of Ethnosport, presenting a tournament in nūjas vilkšanā – stick pulling.
03.05.2015
Strongmen in the traditional games
A cooperation agreement on the development of ethnosport and the strongmen show has been signed today between Ethnosport World Society (EWS) and the World Strongmen Federation (WSF) in Tashkent.
01.05.2015
"Russian Games" Moscow Ethnosport Festival
As part of the city celebration of the summer season opening by Moskomsport, the "Russian Games" Moscow Ethnosport Festival took place at the Luzhniki Stadium on May 1st.
30.04.2015
Traditional wrestling on the Drakoktonia holiday
On the eve of our Yuriev Day, “Ethnosport" journal writes about the Drakoktonia (Δρακοκτονίας – Kill the Dragon), which took place in Greece on St. George's Day. The journal also informs about this custom as it is celebrate in Emmanouel Pappas village, a suburb of Sérres, a city in Central Macedonia, Greece.
21.04.2015
Seminar on Traditional Games in the Russian State House of Folk Art
At the end of last week, the first seminar of the Traditional Games and Ethnosport Federation of Russia under the name ‘Traditional games and holidays’ was held in the Russian State House of Folk Art Federation.
