Kazakhs riding Mongol horses, Bayan Olgii, Mongolia

Kazakh men riding Mongol horses in Bayan Olgii, Mongolia. Horses play a large role in the daily and national life of the Kazakhs. It is traditionally said that a Kazakh without a horse is like a bird without wings. Mongolia holds more than 3 million horses, an equine population which outnumbers the country's human population.