Bökh


  • Photographer
    ken hermann
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Ken Hermann
  • Date of Photograph
    29/7 2016

When a boy is born in Inner Mongolia, his family pray for him to become a wrestler. This ancient tradition is still a key status symbol in the nomadic community and the central focus of many young men’s lives. Bökh was shot in the Grasslands on Inner Mongolia, an area of northern china which has a strong Mongolian population. The Grasslands are vast open spaces, which run from the mountains of inner Mongolia to the border of outer Mongolia and have been home to nomadic communities for centuries. I was interested in this lesser known form of wrestling only found and practiced by a small group of men in Inner Mongolia. The strong cultural heritage and ritual of the sport intrigued me. I was particularly interested in how it governed status for young men within the community as well as defining manliness.

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