Here is BoomBoom with Bold (not all the names are unpronouncable). BoomBoom bought the shirt from Batsetseg and Bold loaned him the hat for the photo op.
Bold was a formidable wrestling competitor in the annual Naadam festival that occurs each July. Archery and horse racing are the other 2 "Manly Sports" (really..that's what they're called). BoomBoom, ever manly, tries his hand.
That's grandma, in her "deel", the uni-sex, multi-use national garment, which can look like a bathrobe if you're old and infirm, like she was. If you're not, you might be wearing one made of sheepskin in winter while you ride horse, or a wool one, hitched up so your legs can grip your mount. Or, if you are a town grandma, you wear one with leggings and sensible shoes and a bowler-style hat. Or boots...VERY nice riding-style boots. The ox and cart were later used by Batsetseg to haul us to our final ger visit, with Uranchimeg and her husband.
When I went for a ramble by the river, I saw this stele. I have no idea what it commemorates, but thought it looked cool. That's the traditional Mongolian script, no longer much in use, sadly.
Bold was a formidable wrestling competitor in the annual Naadam festival that occurs each July. Archery and horse racing are the other 2 "Manly Sports" (really..that's what they're called). BoomBoom, ever manly, tries his hand.
That's grandma, in her "deel", the uni-sex, multi-use national garment, which can look like a bathrobe if you're old and infirm, like she was. If you're not, you might be wearing one made of sheepskin in winter while you ride horse, or a wool one, hitched up so your legs can grip your mount. Or, if you are a town grandma, you wear one with leggings and sensible shoes and a bowler-style hat. Or boots...VERY nice riding-style boots. The ox and cart were later used by Batsetseg to haul us to our final ger visit, with Uranchimeg and her husband.
When I went for a ramble by the river, I saw this stele. I have no idea what it commemorates, but thought it looked cool. That's the traditional Mongolian script, no longer much in use, sadly.
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