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Some informations about Mongolia : Economy, Culture, Religion , Arts and Musics ... |
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Mongolia
is one of the last unspoiled pristine lands on our small planet - wild,
splendid and virtually intact vastness. Snow-capped
mountains, ancient volcanoes, virgin forests, placid lakes, pure rivers
full of freshwater fish and steppes that are serenely white or
multi-coloured from lush green, bronze or yellow grass ... nature seems
to be a dream or left there as is straight out of Creation. Huh
Tenger, the blue sky, unrolls endlessly on top always being a fabulous
spectacle. Fauna and flora, although threatened to some extent by the
whims of nature or human excesses, are extraordinarily diverse and
exuberant especially during warm seasons. Despite
its ceasing resorts of loneliness, it is still an inhabited wilderness,
known in its unique recesses only by Mongolians who have roamed the vast
plains for centuries. These friendly and cordial people embody the
spirit of this harsh nature, to which they belong, love and know so much
about. A
half of its 2.5 million inhabitants still preserve a nomadic lifestyle,
freely migrating in the steppes, mountains and deserts and living on
livestock breeding and natural resources, following thousand-year-old
traditions. Although "urbanized", the other half never loses
an occasion to adventure into the infinite steppes both for pleasure and
necessity. Mongols
are nomads in the heart. However, unlike other few nomadic nations on
earth, their lifestyle is naturally recognized by the country's leaders
and compatriots. Mongolia
is a free democratic country where the economy, obviously marked by the
collapse of a communist system once very firmly established, depends
mainly on livestock that is ten times more than the country's
population. Sheep, horse, camel, goat, cow and yak herds graze on rich
semi-wild vast pastures triple the size of France. The two terrible winters of 2000 and 2001 had a severe impact on the country. Many nomadic families who lost their herds migrated to settle in the urban areas, mainly in the capital city, the population of which has reached over a million in the last two years Independence
of this country after centuries of Manchu domination followed by Russian
control and survival of a virtually unchanged way of life and culture
for centuries is almost a miracle. Proud
of their glorious history, Mongols live in peace between themselves and
with their powerful neighbors joining again their beliefs as Animists
and Buddhists.
Despite its geographical enclavement Mongolia opens to the world, and this opening desired by the majority of Mongols will enable them to test the strength of their identity and to carry a message of peace, harmony and tolerance by the powerful winds of the steppes (and via the Web!) |
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