I had lived in Mongolia for two years from 2010-2012.
I lived in the city of Sukhbaatar, Selenge Province, which is only about 25 km from the Russian border. The general image of Mongolia among Japanese people is ‘the open steppes anyway’. However, Mongolia has mountains, rivers, forests and deserts.
I had recorded a video of the festival that took place in the rolling meadows halfway up the Bayan Khan mountain in Sukhbaatar, where I lived. There, traditional Mongolian dances, long songs, Matouqin playing and sumo wrestling were performed.
This time, I uploaded a traditional Mongolian dance called ‘Three Daughters’ on youtube.
It was a very enriching time and I remembered it fondly.