Ethnic groups celebrate sporting festivals

Performers play Guniangzhui, known as girl-chasing, which is a traditional sport and recreation of the Kazak ethnic group of festivals and weddings, in an ethnic sports festival on the Turks County Har Jun Prairie in the Yili Kazakh autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Aug 16, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

Horsemen vie for a goat carcass during a game of Buzkashi, known as goat grabbing, in an ethnic sports festival on Turks County Har Jun Prairie in the Yili Kazakh autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Aug 16, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]