page_title: Garid
section_title: Mongolian Wrestling Rank
hierarchical_section_title: Garid / Mongolian Wrestling Rank
caption_attribution_description: Burumbators (mongolian warriors) on the traditional Naadam festival in Mongolia, near Ulan Bator.
context_page_description: Garid is a Mongolian word corresponding to the Sanskrit Garuda with several connotations related Mongolian culture. The Garuda is a large mythical bird-like creature or humanoid bird that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garid is a rank in traditional Mongolian wrestling meaning "mythical bird" as well as the name of the pet eagle of Genghis Khan.
context_section_description: Mongolian wrestling has a seven thousand-year history and continues into the present during the annual Mongolian festival of Naadam. Cave paintings in the Bayankhongor Province of Mongolia dating back to Neolithic age of 7000 BC show grappling of two naked men and surrounded by crowds. The art of Bökh appears on bronze plates discovered in the ruins of the Xiongnu empire (206 BC–220 AD). Originally, Bökh was a military sport intended to provide mainly strength, stamina and skills training to troops. Genghis Khan (1206–1227) and the all later Emperors of the Mongol Empire (1206–1368) and also the Emperors of later Khanates were keen to support the sport for this reason so wrestling events were included in local festivals, or Naadam. Wrestling became a key factor when deciding the candidate rankings in imperial martial exams plus outstanding wrestlers were entitled to high distinctions.
  The winners are of the wrestling competitions at the Naadam festival are honored with ancient titles: the winner of the fifth round gets the honorary title nachin ("falcon"), of the seventh and eighth rounds zaan ("elephant"), and of the tenth and eleventh rounds arslan ("lion"). The wrestler who becomes the absolute champion is awarded the title of avarga ("titan"). Every subsequent victory at the national Naadam festival by a wrestler of the avarga rank adds an epithet to the title, for example Invincible Titan to be remembered by all. Beginning in 2003, the State Great Khural adopted a new law on Naadam, making amendments to some of the wrestling titles. The titles of Iarudi and Khartsaga (meaning "mythical bird" and "hawk" respectively) were added to the existing titles.
caption: Wrestling in the 2005 Naadam festival near Ulaanbaatar. As of 2003, garid became a rank in traditional Mongolian wrestling
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