Posted in Mongolia, Mongolian Culture, tagged Among the Mongols, gers, Mongolia, Mongolian countryside on December 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
While I’ve done my traveling in Mongolia by vehicle, the following, for me, really evokes what it’s like to journey through the countryside. I’ve included a few images from my trips.
“Traveling in Mongolia has many pleasures, but ordinary traveling is so slow that the tedium threatens to swamp them all. Horseback traveling does away with [...]
Posted in Book reviews, Mongolia, Mongolian Culture, tagged 19th century Mongolia, Among the Mongols, missionaries in Mongolia, Mongol customs, Mongol life, Mongolia, Rev. James Gilmour on December 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have built up a decent collection of books about Mongolia from a number of sources and now have most of what is readily available, some of which have been reviewed in past posts here, here and here. This one was a major find, however. It fits into what is really a sub-genre of travel [...]
Posted in Mongolia, Mongolian Culture, tagged Altan Urag, Javkhan, Mongolian music, Nomin Talst on December 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This is the last part, for now, about the music scene in Mongolia. This time I want to show what a variety of musical styles there are.
First is Nomin Talst (which I believe means “azure crystal”). They seem to have started as literally a boy band in around 1995 and are much loved. An Italian [...]
Posted in Drawings and sketches, Mongolia, Mongolia 2009-AFC Flag Expedition, Mongolian Culture, Paintings and process, The Artist, Wildlife, tagged Mongolia, argali, wildlife painting, animal drawings, horse drawings, Mongol horses, Naadam, argali painting, Mongolian wildlife, Mongol herders, Erdene, Mongol herder drawings on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sort of an odds and ends Friday as the year winds down. The deep freeze is over here in coastal Humboldt County and it’s back to nice normal rainy weather with nighttime lows in the 40s. I’ve been getting in some good easel time of the past few weeks. Here’s a new argali painting from [...]
Posted in Mongolia, Mongolian Culture, tagged A Capella, A Sound, Mongoiian pop music, Mongolian contemporary music, The Lemons on December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last time, I posted videos from two great solo artists, Ganaa (from the “boy band” Camerton) and Mareljingoo. This week it will be six videos that were really my introduction to the lively pop and alternative rock scene in Ulaanbaatar. I first saw most of them on tv when I was staying at the Narantuul [...]
Posted in Mongolia, Mongolian Culture, tagged Mongol humor, Mongol jokes on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This isn’t a joke from Mongolia, but it’s about someone near and dear to the hearts of Mongols…Chinggis Khan:
One day an old Jewish Pole, living in Warsaw, has his last light bulb burn out. To get a new one he’ll have to stand in line for two hours at the store (and [...]
Posted in Mongolia, Mongolian Culture, tagged Ganaa, Maraljingoo, Mongol contemporary music, Mongol pop music, Mongolia, Mongolia music, Tsahim radio on November 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This is the first in an on-going series about one of the many delightful and unexpected discoveries that I’ve made since I’ve started going to Mongolia-
I was channel-surfing one evening when I was staying at the Narantuul Hotel in Ulaanbaatar during my 2006 trip and came across a music video channel. That’s where my introduction [...]
Posted in Drawings and sketches, Mongolia, Mongolian Culture, The Artist, tagged charcoal drawings, drawings of Mongol horses and riders, Mongol horses, Mongol horses and riders, Mongolia on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Drawing and painting animals has always come more easily to me than humans. No idea why, that’s just been how it is. But now, I’ve gotten really interested in the Mongol horses and the lives of the herders who breed, train, ride and race them. And I want to paint all of that, so now [...]
Posted in Mongolia, Mongolian Culture, tagged Mongolia, Mongolian poetry on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t posted any poetry for awhile, so here are two that I rather like. They are from “Modern Mongolian Poetry”, which was published by The State Publishing House in 1986. This was before the “changeover” from socialism, which started in 1990. So there will be 20th anniversary celebrations in Mongolia next year. Both photos [...]
Posted in Mongolia, Mongolian Culture, On a Lighter Note, Travel, tagged buuz, Mongol humor, Mongolia on November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Buuz is one of the most popular foods in Mongolia. They are a small, round steamed “dumpling” with a mutton or beef filling. Mongols make (and eat) zillions of them for their holidays. Just for fun we had a “buuz party” a couple of weeks ago. One of the guests, and the chief buuz maker, [...]
