Urtiin duu, or ‘long song’ is known as a unique traditional singing style. It’s one of the oldest genres of Mongolian musical art, dating back to the 13th century. Urtiin duu involves extraordinarily complicated, drawn-out vocal sounds. It is evocative of vast, wide spaces and it demands great skill and talent from the singers in [...]
There is some scientific supposition that horses originated in Mongolia. The ancestor of hoofed animals — toe-nailed animals (condylarter) was found in 1924 in Mongolia by Andrew’s expedition. Later, international expeditions have found proof of these suppositions in Mongolian territory and have made a comparative research. Mongolia is often described as the “land of the [...]
By MICHAEL BENANAV Published: October 5, 2003 MONGOLIA is a boundless wilderness of rugged mountains, vast deserts and expansive steppes. Twelve times the size of New York State, it is home to just 2.6 million — fewer than reside in Brooklyn and Staten Island. With no terrorist factions and a highway system made up mainly [...]
Tsagaan Sar is the Mongolian lunar New Year’s festival. It is often celebrated around the same time as the Chinese New Year. However, Mongolians generally deny any Chinese origin or influence, so the celebration is sometimes referred to as the Mongolian New Year or Asian New Year when translated into English. The White Moon holiday [...]
Visiting remote reindeer herders proves to be a once in a lifetime trip By Stephen Tucker I was once given a book outlining the “top” travel journeys that should be taken in a lifetime. The book failed to list the journey to the Tsaatan (reindeer people), which must be one of the world’s greatest journeys. [...]
The Mongolian diet is dictated by their way of life; it is high in dairy products, meat and drinks served in various styles. You maybe be able to try boodog, when an entire goat,or preferably marmot, is slowly roasted from the inside out by placing hot rocks inside the skinned carcass, sealing it and then [...]
Mongolian customs are unique traditions formed during the development of central Asian nomadic civilization, which has been passed on from generation to generation of Mongols over the centuries. Mongolian customs and traditions encompassed all aspects of life; the intellect. Mongolian customs and traditions have their own peculiarities and specific features, the likes of which are [...]
{mosimage}National Great Holiday Nauryz of Kazakh people, who have ancient traditional culture and custom of Asia and nomads, is launching in Mongolia. The holiday, marks traditionally on 22, March every year, is very special holiday. Since 1990, Kazakh people have been celebrating widely Nauryz. Also, their great movement began in this year. Over 65 thousand [...]
