For centuries, Mongols have staged festivals to display warrior skills including wrestling, horseracing and archery - the three manly sports. In recent times this has evolved into the annual Naadam festival. This is one of two major national celebrations in Mongolia, accompanied by a generous national holiday period for a week. This year it was held from July 11-13 in Ulaan Baatar. The 2006 celebration enjoyed an extra effort to highlight the 800th anniversary of Chinggis Khan�s reign. It was a spectacle of vivid colour, national pride, enhanced with the smell of dust and deep fried hurshuur (patries filled with mutton mince). Here are some photos from my experiences.
4 comments:
hi perculiar, this is a sensational photo of the fancy underpants i have come to expect from mongolia. great work. i, like the viscountess of funk (and anonymous), am enjoying and appreciating your photography a lot. that festival looks like it was incredible. love, bilby
thanks bilby. you are such a great pal to say such nice things! very encouraging, you have inspired me to be a better blogger (well to try anyway). I knew you would like the fancy underpants!
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