Wrestling is the most popular of all Mongol sports. It is the highlight of the Three Manly Games of Naadam. Historians claim that Mongol-style wrestling originated some seven thousand years ago. Hundreds of wrestlers from different cities and aimags around the country take part in the national wrestling competition. There are no weight categories or [...]

Horse racing is an important part of Naadam. This sport is also centuries old, dating back to the Bronze Age. The horses are selected a month before the big day. They are taken to the adequate pasture separate from the herd and trained. The horses are taken to an adequate pasture separate from the herd [...]

A part of mutton that includes the lower 3 ribs, back, rump and tail. Cutting from the other parts of meat correctly depends on which side is the head or beginning. Where is the head or beginning of meat parts? The side of animal head is the beginning. When you are offered the head of [...]

Perhaps the most ancient musical instrument of the Mongols is the “morin-khuur”, invented at least a thousand years ago. In Mongolian, morin means horse, and khuur means sound, rhyme, and melody. This instrument’s history is based on a legend of a man who had a beloved, magical horse that could fly. When an evil man [...]

During his last campaign with the Tangut Empire during which Genghis Khan was fighting with the Khwarezmid Empire , Genghis Khan died on August 18, 1227. The reason for his death is uncertain. Many assume he fell off his horse, due to old age and physical fatigue; some contemporary observers cited prophecies from his opponents. [...]

The Mongolian goat is a beneficial livestock that has high effectiveness and independent capabilities. Goats account for 20 percent of Mongolian livestock. But since 1990 numbers of ox have increased substantially, horses increased a little, sheep decreased, camel stayed the same but goats increased by leaps and bounds. In 1990 there were 5 million goats, [...]

Sharga Mankhan consists of two parts; one is located in Buyant and Mankhan soums of Khovd aimag, and the other one is located in Tonkhil, Darvi, Togrog and Khaliun soums of Gobi-Altai aimag. The distance between these two parts is about 200 km. It is a home and last refuge to the Mongolian antelope, which [...]

The Constitution legalized the tenet that The Government is the highest executive body of the State. As the result of the State Great Khural’s election, legal conditions to establish a new Government are provided. The Government is accountable for its work to the State Great Khural and the term of its mandate is four years. [...]

Ample information about archery can be found in literary and historical documents of the 13th century and even before. It is an ancient sport of the Mongols which can be traced back to as early as 300-200 BC. According to historians, archery contests began in the 11th century. The Mongols use a compound bow, built [...]

In 1206, the year of the Tiger, Temujin managed to unite the Merkits, Naimans, Mongols, Uighurs, Keraits, Tatars and disparate other smaller tribes under his rule through his charisma, dedication, and strong will. An Ikh Khurildai (Great Council) was announced near the Onon River, by proudly raising the state flag. The central state was officially [...]