Leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have arrived in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek for the World Nomad Games.

The games' opening ceremony took place on Monday (August 31) on the eve of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the summit, but Kyrgyz media said he stayed away from the opening ceremony of the games, citing the flooding and landslides in Tibet.

The World Nomad Games are a cultural and sporting festival centred on traditional nomadic sports, particularly those of the Turkic peoples of Central Asia.

Athletes from 104 countries have registered, organisers said, for the sixth edition of the World Nomad Games, which were founded in 2014.

Events include horseback archery, wrestling and boardgames traditional to nomadic Central Asian cultures. The ceremony featured musical performances and Olympic-style parades by national teams.

Also among those attending the ceremony were Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

1. VIEW OF NOMAD GAMES OPENING CEREMONY AT STADIUM

2. VARIOUS OF GUARDS OF HONOUR CARRYING KYRGYZSTAN NATIONAL FLAG

3. KYRGYZSTAN NATIONAL FLAG LIFTED AT STADIUM

4. KYRGYZSTAN PRESIDENT SADYR JAPAROV (AT CENTRE) AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN LOOKING AT NOMAD GAMES OPEN CEREMONY

5. SPECTATORS AT STADIUM

6. PERFORMERS RIDING HORSES

7. PERFORMERS RIDING HORSES, ANIMATED SNOW LEOPARD WALKING ALONG THEM

8. ANIMATED SNOW LEOPARD WALKING

9. PERFORMERS RIDING HORSES, MEMBERS OF TEAMS TAKING PART IN GAMES STARTING WALK

10. ARMENIAN TEAM MEMBERS WALKING WITH NATIONAL FLAG, ANIMATED CAMEL WALKING

11. ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER NIKOL PASHINYAN LOOKING

12. AZERBAIJAN TEAM WALKING

13. AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV AND HIS WIFE MEHRIBAN LOOKING

14. BELARUSIAN TEAM WALKING

15. BELARUSIAN LEADER ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO STANDING UP AND WAVING

16. OPENING CEREMONY VIEW, TEAMS WALKING

17. OPENING CEREMONY IN PROGRESS, SCREEN SHOWING INDIAN FLAG

18. INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI WAVING

19. OPENING CEREMONY, SCREENS SHOWING INDIAN FLAG AND MODI WAVING

20. MODI WAVING

21. IRANIAN TEAM WALKING, SCREEN SHOWING IRANIAN FLAG

22. IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN AND HIS DAUGHTER ZAHRA STANDING UP

23. IRANIAN TEAM WALKING

24. IRANIAN TEAM

25. KAZAKHTAN TEAM WALKING

26. KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENT KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV WAVING

27. RUSSIAN TEAM WALKING

28. VARIOUS OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN STANDING UP AND WAVING

29. RUSSIAN TEAM WALKING

30. VARIOUS OF TURKISH TEAM WALKING

31. TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN WAVING, HIS WIFE EMINE CLAPPING HANDS

32. TEAMS WALKING AWAY

33. VARIOUS OF SCREENS SHOWING PERFORMANCE, CROWD

34. VARIOUS OF PERFORMED DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL KYRGYZ CLOTHING SINGING

35. VARIOUS OF PERFORMERS DANCING

36. VARIOUS OF MUSICIANS PLAYING

37. VARIOUS OF PERFORMERS DANCING AND SINGING

38. PERFORMER FIRING ARROW

39. CEREMONY VIEW

40. VARIOUS OF PERFORMERS DANCING AND SINGING

41. VARIOUS OF PERFORMERS RIDING HORSES ENTERING ARENA, RIDING IN CIRCLE

42. SINGERS

43. CEREMONY VIEW

44. VARIOUS OF PERFORMERS DANCING

45. PERFORMER DANCING

46. VARIOUS OF CHARIOT RIDERS ENTERING ARENA, RIDING AROUND PERFORMERS

47. MUSICIANS

48. VARIOUS OF PERFORMERS PLAYING KOK BORU GAME, RIDING HORSES

49. WATERFALL FROM WALL WITH GIANT SNOW LEOPARD IMAGE ON IT

50. VARIOUS OF PERFORMERS IN AREA, HORSEBACK PERFORMERS RIDING

51. PERFORMERS DANCING / VIEW OF STADIUM

52. VARIOUS OF FIREWORKS MARKING END OF OPENING CEREMONY