Mongolian horsemen wearing jackets embroidered with the Soyombo symbol on the back. The Soyombo, created by Zanabazar in the seventeenth century, is Mongolia’s best-known national emblem, here carried into the equestrian setting of Naadam and the enduring traditions of Mongolian horsemanship.Location: Khui Doloon Khudag, Naadam, 12 July 2026. Photograph: T. Monhtsetseg. CPinMongolia.com.

Plate note: Mongolian horsemen wearing jackets embroidered with the Soyombo symbol on the back. The Soyombo, created by Zanabazar in the seventeenth century, is Mongolia’s best-known national emblem, here carried into the equestrian setting of Naadam and the enduring traditions of Mongolian horsemanship.Location: Khui Doloon Khudag, Naadam, 12 July 2026. Photograph: T. Monhtsetseg. CPinMongolia.com.

Mongolian horsemen wearing jackets embroidered with the Soyombo symbol on the back. The Soyombo, created by Zanabazar in the seventeenth century, is Mongolia’s best-known national emblem, here carried into the equestrian setting of Naadam and the enduring traditions of Mongolian horsemanship.Location: Khui Doloon Khudag, Naadam, 12 July 2026. Photograph: T. Monhtsetseg. CPinMongolia.com.

Mongolian horsemen wearing jackets embroidered with the Soyombo symbol on the back. The Soyombo, created by Zanabazar in the seventeenth century, is Mongolia’s best-known national emblem, here carried into the equestrian setting of Naadam and the enduring traditions of Mongolian horsemanship.Location: Khui Doloon Khudag, Naadam, 12 July 2026. Photograph: T. Monhtsetseg. CPinMongolia.com.