The highly anticipated Tagong Horse Festival takes place every August . It is precisely organized in the modern Sichuan region , not far from the metropolis of Chengdu, where there is still an authentic and rich in traditions reality. Discover now all our trips, tours, holidays and horse trekking. Among the Tibetan plateaus the local population gets dressed up and gets ready to attend the races every year; parades of people in costume, singing and dancing.
The ground trembles under the small hooves of Tibetan horses , horses and riders are dressed up and the thrilled audience shouts excitedly observing the acrobatics of the riders. The atmosphere is full of adrenaline, it is in fact a sort of Superbowl in a nomadic version; for those who love to know the equestrian traditions in the world, they must definitely see it once in a lifetime.
Despite the familiarity with horses, not everyone knows that among the more particular breeds, there is also one with a characteristic curly hair … here you are the bashkirs. The bashkir, the curly horse, is the equine breed of the Bashkir people, originally from Bashkortostan, a Republic within the Russian Federation located in the southern Urals, […]
In Rancate, near Mendrisio, in the Canton of Ticino, the Züst Art Gallery houses the rich Giannelli collection : one of the richest collections about the horse in the world. Through a series of bits, spurs, stirrups and harnesses, a journey takes place that traces 4,000 years of history , during which the horse has […]