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Mongolia
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HISTORY
Arts/crafts
Food
Folk Tales
Music
Language
DANCE
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Mongolian
History
• Location: It borders Russia to the
north and China to the south, east
and west.
• Capital: Ulan Bator, the largest
city, is home for 45% of the
population.
• Land: 603,909 sq mi
• Population: 2,892,876 as of 2013
• Government: Unitary
parliamentary constitutional
republic
• Prime Minister: Norovyn
Altankhuyag
• Religion: 39% = Non-Religious,
53% = Buddhists, also including
Islam, Shamanism, Christianity,
and other religions.
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Language
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Art
• Before 20th Century –
Art was tied to religion.
– Thangkas (popular)
– Sculptures
Please click the images
below for a closer look.
• During the 19th Century
– Painters had a more
realistic style.
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Dark Old Man Masks
Mongolian shamanism used
scary masks to scare away bad
spirits. The Dark Old Man mask
was the most common mask
used in traditional shaman
folklore in Mongolia. The Dark
Old Man mask scares away bad
spirits with its black hair and
red eyes.
Let’s scare away some of the
bad spirits in our class, and
make our own!
Click the image above.
[19th Century]
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Modern art
Otgonbayar Ershuu – the most well
known, modern artist. *Click*
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Food
• Extreme continental
climate = diet primarily
consists of dairy, meat,
and animal fats.
• Use of vegetables and
spices is limited.
• Due to geographic &
historic ties, Mongolian
cuisine is influenced by
China and Russia.
Click here for a video clip from
Bizarre Foods
(beware, some scenes are graphic)
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singing
• Known for overtone
singing (throat singing).
– “Hoomii”
– 1 person produces 2
distinct audible pitches at
the same time.
– 1st tone = low pedal note
or “drone” from vocal
cords
– 2nd tone = singer’s mouth
filters higher melodic
notes (overtone)
Click the image for a video.
(in class we will begin at 1:56)
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Instruments – Morin Khuur
Click the image for a video.
• Bowed string instrument
• Most important music
instrument to Mongolian
people
• 2 strings – one larger
than the other, the
largest is considered
“male”
• Top usually has a carving
of a horse’s head
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Instruments - Yatga
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• Plucked Zither
instrument
• Related to the Chinese
GuZheng
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Instruments - Everburee
• A type of clarinet
• Made from the horn of
an animal or wood
Click the image for a video.
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Instruments - Tovshuur
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• A plucked lute
• Strings made from
horse’s tail
• 2 strings
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DANCE
• Male Dances
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Horse (video below)
Sword
Hawk
Roughrider
Click the image for a video.
• Female Dances
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Milking
Rainbow
Bowl (video below)
Chopstics
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FOLKTALES
Click The Camel !!!
“How the Camel Lost His
Good Looks”
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What lesson is learned
from this tale?
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FOLKTALES
“The Lazy Owl”
Click HERE for the story!
What lesson is learned from
this tale?
Does this story have
anything in common with
the Camel’s story?
If so, what?
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