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Mongolia

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  • A Mongolian stirrup on a horse.
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  • Amur Turchin goes looking for his yak herd. Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Bat Baator, an old Mongolian man, talks about the old days during soviet occupation.
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  • A holy cave in Khovsgol region.
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  • Detail of Mongolian dresses.
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  • Arrival of a Nadaam horserace (about 20 Km speed race). Youngest racer are between 5 and 7 years old..Winning a race is quite the feat?prizes for winners include horses, and sometimes cars..Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Arrival of a Nadaam horserace (about 20 Km speed race). Youngest racer are between 5 and 7 years old..Winning a race is quite the feat?prizes for winners include horses, and sometimes cars..Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • A Mongolian couple of their way to a festival on their motorcycle..Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Landscape around the Khovsgol region, Northern Mongolia.
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  • Tourists inspect a wolf skin at the eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. ..Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
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  • Luxurious Yurt camp for catch and release fishing of the Taimen..The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family..It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen..Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
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  • A Mongolian couple of their way to a festival on their motorcycle..Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • During a Nadaam horserace (about 20 Km speed race). Youngest racer are between 5 and 7 years old..Winning a race is quite the feat?prizes for winners include horses, and sometimes cars..Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Mongolian fabric on a saddle.
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  • The High Lama speak at a ceremony near Khovsgol Lake..More than a hundred people traveled by horse and foot to hear Mongolia's high Lama speak at a ceremony honoring the placement of the first stone for the Dayan Derkh monastery, which is currently being rebuilt in Khövsgöl Province. The original structure was destroyed in 1938 by Soviet purges.
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  • Mongolian yak butter and thermos depicting a winning wrestler.
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  • A Buddhist Lama and other Mongolians walk towards a yurt camp for a religious gathering.
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  • Scientist doing research studies on the Taimen..The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family..It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen..Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
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  • Detail of Mongolian dresses..More than a hundred people traveled by horse and foot to hear Mongolia's high Lama speak at a ceremony honoring the placement of the first stone for the Dayan Derkh monastery, which is currently being rebuilt in Khövsgöl Province. The original structure was destroyed in 1938 by Soviet purges.
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  • Arrival of a Nadaam horserace (about 20 Km speed race). Youngest racer are between 5 and 7 years old..Winning a race is quite the feat?prizes for winners include horses, and sometimes cars..Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • A young contestant at a Nadaam horserace (about 20 Km speed race) wearing the traditional race hat. Youngest racer are between 5 and 7 years old..Winning a race is quite the feat?prizes for winners include horses, and sometimes cars..Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Two young twin contestants at a Nadaam horserace (about 20 Km speed race). Youngest racer are between 5 and 7 years old..Winning a race is quite the feat?prizes for winners include horses, and sometimes cars..Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • A group of horsemen outside of the town of Moron. They gather for a religious ceremony to listen to the Lamas recite Sutras, dialogues of the Buddha, to bless the area and bring a good omen for the year to come.
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  • Mongolian wrestler wearing a typical wrestling hat is on his way to a match on his motorcycle..Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Amur Turching catches his horse with a lasso. Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Mongolian cheese called Kurut, drying up on the roof of a yurt.
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  • Gathering horses at dusk on Tsagaan Nuur lake, near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Amur Turchin goes looking for his yak herd. Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Gathering horses at dusk on Tsagaan Nuur lake, near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • A family portrait, a sheep skin, a lid and a saw put up on the roof of a yurt.
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  • Family portrait. Amur Turching plays with his daughter near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Amur Turching catches his horse with a lasso. Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Mongolian wrestling (Mongolian: bökh) is a traditional sport that has existed in Mongolia for centuries..Wrestling is one of Mongolia's age-old "Three Manly Skills" (along with horsemanship and archery)..The wrestler is dressed in an open-chested wrestling shirt, called a zodog.
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  • Traditional Mongolian dress and cowboy style hat..More than a hundred people traveled by horse and foot to hear Mongolia's high Lama speak at a ceremony honoring the placement of the first stone for the Dayan Derkh monastery, which is currently being rebuilt in Khövsgöl Province. The original structure was destroyed in 1938 by Soviet purges.
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  • Detail of a pink Mongolian dress on a young woman in front of a yurt.
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  • A Buddhist Lama and other Mongolians walk towards a yurt camp for a religious gathering.
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  • A horse on a drinking bowl.
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  • A nomadic Mongolian herder gets out of his yurt, wearing a bowler hat.
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  • Modern Mongolia: a nomadic Mongolian family moves campment, carrying their satellite dish and their yurt on a cart pulled by yaks.
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  • Detail of the wrestler's leather underwear..Mongolian wrestling (Mongolian: bökh) is a traditional sport that has existed in Mongolia for centuries..Wrestling is one of Mongolia's age-old "Three Manly Skills" (along with horsemanship and archery)..The wrestler is dressed in an open-chested wrestling shirt, called a zodog.
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  • Portrait of a nomadic Mongolian herder wearing a bowler hat.
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  • A Mongolian couple playing guitar in a yurt.
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  • People riding in a public bus, looking at new buildings. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • People riding in a public bus, looking at new buildings. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • People riding in a public bus, looking at new buildings. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • People riding in a public bus, looking at new buildings. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • People riding in a public bus, looking at new buildings. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • People riding in a public bus, looking at new buildings. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • People riding in a public bus, looking at new buildings. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • A Coal power plant and gas pipeline near Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
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  • The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia..The yurt district of Ulan Bator with the buildings in the distance.
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  • The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia..The yurt district of Ulan Bator with the buildings in the distance.
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  • The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia..The yurt district of Ulan Bator with the buildings in the distance.
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  • The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia..The yurt district of Ulan Bator with the buildings in the distance.
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  • People riding in a public bus, looking at new buildings. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia..The yurt district of Ulan Bator with the buildings in the distance.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Buddhist monks during the annual Mongolian lunar new year ceremony called Tsagaan Tsar. ..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • The natural history museum in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
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  • Fox...The natural history museum in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
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  • Reindeer...The natural history museum in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
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  • Pinguins...The natural history museum in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
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  • Elk...The natural history museum in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
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  • Marco polo sheep and Ibex...The natural history museum in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
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  • A curtain and heater in a restaurant..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • Snow Leopard...The natural history museum in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
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  • The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia..The yurt district of Ulan Bator with the buildings in the distance.
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  • The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia..The yurt district of Ulan Bator with the buildings in the distance.
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  • A tree with a "Kata" cloth tied to it, a Buddhist tradition..The contrast of modernity and tradition in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.
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  • The stomach of a sheep hangs to dry inside a yurt. It will be used to store butter.
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  • A scientist shaving after a night spent in the field..The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family..It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen..Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
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  • A Shamanist shrine made of stacked up pieces of pine woods..The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family..It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen..Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
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  • Detail of a Mongolian dress on an old woman.
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  • Mongolian wrestling (Mongolian: bökh) is a traditional sport that has existed in Mongolia for centuries..Wrestling is one of Mongolia's age-old "Three Manly Skills" (along with horsemanship and archery)..The wrestler, dressed in an open-chested wrestling shirt, called a zodog, is performing a traditional dance before a match. He keeps one hand on his trainer's shoulder and circles around him a few times, keeping his eyes closed most of the time.
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  • An ovoo, a shamanist shrine, in Mongolia.
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  • Frozen "ovoo", a shamanist shrine, after a blizzard in the Gobi desert.
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  • A marmot standing guard to a yurt.
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  • Sand stuck to snow in the Gobi desert.
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  • Meeting face to face with a yak in Mongolia.
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  • Joloon, an old Mongolian man , remembers fondly the Russian era.
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  • A trekker dwarfed by the big Mongolian sky.
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  • A lonely yurt at sunset near the Bayaan Nur lake, Mongolia.
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  • Yurt of a Kazakh eagle hunter in western Mongolia.
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  • Hitchhiking on the back of a coal truck during crossing of Mongolia est to west.
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  • Riding across the Gobi desert on Bactrian camels.
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  • Prayer flags near the Dayan Derkh monastery, which has been recently rebuilt in Khövsgöl Province..More than a hundred people traveled by horse and foot to hear Mongolia's high Lama speak at a ceremony honoring the placement of the first stone for the Dayan Derkh monastery, which is currently being rebuilt in Khövsgöl Province. The original structure was destroyed in 1938 by Soviet purges.
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