A rider takes part in a lassoing exhibition competition during the Nadam festival at a race ground on Bayanbulak prairie in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 17, 2011. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

A rider takes part in a lassoing exhibition competition during the Nadam festival at a race ground on Bayanbulak prairie in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 17, 2011. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

A rider takes part in a lassoing exhibition competition during the Nadam festival at a race ground on Bayanbulak prairie in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 17, 2011. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

A rider takes part in a lassoing exhibition competition during the Nadam festival at a race ground on Bayanbulak prairie in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 17, 2011. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

A rider takes part in a lassoing exhibition competition during the Nadam festival at a race ground on Bayanbulak prairie in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 17, 2011. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

A rider takes part in a lassoing exhibition competition during the Nadam festival at a race ground on Bayanbulak prairie in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 17, 2011. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)