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Showing posts with label MONGOLIA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MONGOLIA. Show all posts
July 25, 2016

2665 MONGOLIA - A lama boy

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Buddhism in Mongolia derives much of its recent characteristics from Tibetan Buddhism (of the Gelug and Kagyu lineages), which comb...
April 12, 2016

1036, 2456 MONGOLIA - The Traditional Naadam festival (UNESCO ICH)

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1036 Camp of Naadam in Mongolia Posted on 17.03.2014, 12.04.2016 Naadam (literally "games") is a traditional festiva...
January 24, 2016

1312, 2240 MONGOLIA - Women in traditional clothes

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1312 Two young mongolian women in traditional clothes   Posted on 23.10.2014, 24.01.2016 Mongolian dress has changed little since t...
August 28, 2015

1857 MONGOLIA - The Nine Base White Banners

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The state banner flown by the Mongols , the "Yöson Khölt tsagaan tug" or the "Nine Base White Banners", is composed...
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June 6, 2015

1633 MONGOLIA - Kids

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Throughout the Mongolian countryside, the population is mostly nomadic, living in a type of transportable home known as an yurt. About ...
January 22, 2015

1415 MONGOLIA (Bulgan) - Uvgun Khiid on Khugnou Khan Mountain

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Located at 280km southwest of Ulaanbaatar , Khugnou Khan Mountain (1967m) was considered by locals since immemorial times a sacred p...
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December 26, 2014

1379 MONGOLIA - Tsaatan people

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The Tsaatan (named also Dukha, Dukhans or Duhalar) are a small Tuvan ( Tozhu Tuvans ) Turkic community of reindeer herders living in...
August 28, 2014

1210 MONGOLIA (Arkhangai) - Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake

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Known also as White Lake and located in the Khangai Mountains in central Mongolia , in Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park , ...
July 29, 2014

1169 MONGOLIA (Ulaanbaatar) - The statue of Sükhbaatar in Ulaanbaatar

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The central square of Ulaanbaatar , the capital city of Mongolia , is Sükhbaatar Square , named after the equestrian statue of Damdin...
June 22, 2014

1110 MONGOLIA (Övörkhangai) - Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape - Erdene Zuu Monastery (UNESCO WHS)

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For many centuries, the Orkhon Valley , located in Central Mongolia , some 320 km west from the capital Ulan Bator , was viewed as the ...
April 28, 2014

1071 MONGOLIA - A child jockey to a horse racing

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Nowhere are horses more central to daily life than in Mongolia . Mongolia is known as the land of the horse, and Mongols have a reputa...