They call me a foul tangere a. Opener my ancestors were nomads who played in for 20 years i have lived with my own family and the staff putting on cattle. Appear to be new specially our music is about mongolian history and on costumes these are our never ending sauces in the song because to. Go school doesnt cost the. If. My shaman name as much. About it ever since i was a child i had visionary abilities and could sense the spirits of nature and. Journey through mongolia and its capital. Will start in the mountainous north of the country will follow the tracks of the Trans Mongolian Railway self across the vastness of the steps and after about 800 kilometers reach the gobi desert and the buddhist home are monastery. At dyer one station our 1st stop art from a communist past merges with contemporary advertisement. Planned economy once held sway here today its the free market. Dark one is the 3rd largest city in mongolia it was built in 1961 with massive support from the former soviet union and its name is no coincidence dark on means blacksmith and reflects the importance of the city for metal and heavy industry. In the. Tourists are rarely seen in this big city is train station. The no frills building was designed for commuters and travelling merchants in the metropolis with its hundreds of the. Thousands of inhabitants. Darshan is a transport hub that connects regional routes with a Trans Mongolian Railway towards a line barter and further on to the chinese border. Anyone taking this train to the capital however should allow plenty of time. The train takes over 7 hours to cover the almost 250 kilometers because of the many stops along the way. Moreover the Railway Infrastructure is not up to european standards. The train attendants where christie uniforms they are responsible for checking the tickets directly at the carriage door and they take their jobs extremely seriously. In mongolia respect and all thorazine are important principles that must be observed. Meanwhile its announced over a loudspeaker that it is strictly forbidden to take any moments including dead ones on the journey because the fear of the mongolian delicacy usually harbors finance which are regarded as carriers of the play. Was. Only about 3000000 people live in mongolia a country more than 4 times the size of germany. Its huge distances and vastness can be sensed through the train window. You also physically notice mongolias altitude a quarter of the country is between 2003000 meters above sea level. Travellers should therefore allow themselves a little time for climate has ation. It halfway between the heart and lumbar the 1st hills of the 20 mountains begin. The mountain ranges considered the birthplace of the greatest mongolian of all to. Times. Abroad the name genghis khan is mostly associated with conquests brutality and virility but here in mongolia it mainly stands for political savvy. The founder of the mongolian empire is considered to have been a patron of trade education arts and culture. Freedom of religion is one of his most important legacies even today christians buddhists muslims and adherents to mongolian shamanism practice their religions peacefully side by side. Sharman islam is the oldest religion in mongolia. All. Ancient symbols such as the swastika or sun we ornaments all supposed to pave the way for the shaman to reach the spirits but. This religious decoration which was hijacked by germany as a symbol of the nazis can be found in its original sense as a spiritual symbol of luck everywhere mongolia. But. Not. Really. Through my trance and so i made contact with the spirits of the mountains on the water. There found my ways to be good and just. Therefore they do me the honor of showing me the right path. Mongolian shamanism combines medicine and the worship of nature and ancestors as sherman is responsible for the welfare of their tribe. Through contacting the spirits and speaking with the voice of the deceased while in trance they try to show their community the right path for the future. Not. The battle. Through with ancestors really speak through the shell and remains a question of faith with god like with every religion. You got the bus home but on a bus full well not everyone can be a sham and when to take his you do not appoint yourself as a shaman and just do something this would send people on a wrong path and detach the soul from the body all false romanism is therefore even harmful. For all but unfortunately it happens quite often what they will be seeing as does the tims when that the next day when. Sacrificial rituals such as the milk sacrifice on men to appease the gods. For sherman is a balance between man and nature must be preserved and the growing economic interests in mongolia are a dangerous aberration. Or higher. Up than at present people are digging in the air of all over they dont even care about sacrificial mounds theyre not respected and theyre not even being rebuilt orienting theres no people are drilling digging and destroying thanks its very difficult everywhere. I want to go i travel through western mongolia and saw that many creeks and rivers there have disappeared have dried up. This is because people do not respect the earth which is probably why we shamans are also there to save nature and at least thats my belief that the power cuts took us to soon but on a good teacher but. We followed the line further towards. The train is usually the faster and more comfortable choice in mongolia. Roads here are not comparable with asphalt streets in europe vast areas of the country have not yet been developed at all. On the other hand there is a very good chance of meeting herds of free range cattle. Over distances of several kilometers the animals often alone without their medico owners search for the best grazing grounds in the barren landscape. They have to build up their body weight as much as possible during the few summer months the hard mongolian winter often begins in august already when the 1st. Snow frequently falls. And. Extend. Travel times among goli are very long even on the train the Railway Infrastructure and many of the vehicles are decades old. Despite the beautiful landscape after a good 7 hours ride from dar han to the capital and bus our passengers tend to be pleased to finally arrive. At. The big city lackluster concrete buildings welcome the guests even though cool say you cant help but love mongolia but you can only endure us are. We learn but our Central Station is the largest Railway Station in the country and was opened in the 1938. To this day it remains an important have for national and International Traffic in the heart of mongolia. The train is the most important means of transport in the country not only for tourists and commuters local retailers also use the affordable rail connections to neighboring countries such as russia and china. To be part of the i think. It was. After a very long Shopping Trips hundreds of them arrive with new goods in every day. From here they transport their purchases to the shops in p. R. 6 in the capital where they will sell them. Almost half of mongolias population about 1500000 people lives in orlando. The economic sense of this land rich in Natural Resources is currently experiencing an enormous boom. The metropolis is considered a symbol of a wealthy growth oriented mongolia. But in recent years hundreds of thousands of people have come here to try their luck. Few have become successful. And yes he is experiencing the greatest rural exodus it has ever seen. Young people in particular dont want to be inferior to the west but they also dont want to be inferior to the asian neighbors. If you consider traditional nomadic life as a viable future. A future of her own but theres talk that about that in time the new john good that we have a song that deals with rapid Technological Progress and in particular reflects a moment when too much technological optimization has occurred if you do you get past thats who you get at this point what humans look for a place to slow down and return to nature and the origins of life. This is an Important Message that we want to give to the people he said especially to the Mongolian Youth so they always talk it took. A look at most of symmetry in the middle of. The band john and its a backdrop that symbolizes an entire generation spears for the future of. This deal with Environmental Protection unemployment and also the danger. This of Runaway Technology has ation. However they find their musical means and the old legends traditions and characteristic sounds of a monk early in culture. Junkie to give. The name john known is closely connected with the history of the horsehead friedel goalie a National InstrumentSchool Meetings with the. Local mongolians have always said that there was a very kind hearted man who owned a black horse named john not that you will save us and it might mean that when it died one day he wanted to honor it and built the 1st horse head fiddle and its image would sing yes. And sleep used to its moans tail and mane and hes made. It whenever the longing seized him but he played on it and he remembered his black horse john on a minute to send him on the way to. The musicians represents a young and confident mongolia internationally as well as members of a young generation who went in search of their own cultural identity and found their place in the world. To her. Mom a woman. Born with the breadth of. Hope that was a. Ball of mom on the plains of the day of judgment we hope that in the future people will remember our band jono for successfully having passed through. Mongolian music on to younger generations in a profound way for us it was just some bad negative. Beliefs of which to be clear that is our wish to remind you that is what we hope our musical achievement will be. To total in the days to get to. The 2nd leg about any takes us from the capital and on bastar along the Trans Mongolian Railway to the city of chere 250 kilometers away in the heart of the mongolian step. With her Central Station 7 am. A real hero is waiting for the train to chair. Dead demi is the only mongol so far who has travelled into space. Since his spaceflight in 1981 he has been treated like a superstar in his country. The retired air force Major General was also the countrys minister of defense until 2004. However most mongols see him 1st and foremost as a heroic cosmonaut. Like. The rhythm thing for the 1st place followed by a mongolian was a significant moment for our people and will stay a part of mongolian history as an important event these days young people learn about it from newspapers and magazines from radio and television from their parents and relatives and siblings. As a result mongolians are etched it firmly into their memories. On the. Even in retirement the Major General still has very little free time. He regularly speaks at events on military history about his experiences as a Research Cosmonaut on the soviet so use 39 Space Mission and about his 8 day stay on the sa youth 6 day station good actor jack dead to me dean was awarded the title cosmic hero of mongolia to honor his career hes the only living mongolian to hold that. They have to be. Done with the nickel to go with his brother 3 nor will i try not to give myself so much importance. What have i done so far what are my achievements many about the joy of the game but i dont really think about myself that way or ask those types of questions i think its about the think its not the sex that matters to me is that i want to remain the same person i was before i went to space of the said theyd get back there on my space ship commander and friend buddy me out xander average trying to back off said to me after space travel youll have many new friends but please dont forget your old ones. The good i still think about his words to this day but its not on which is why i want the public to see me as are really out of their products and will excel if you outstrip. The cosmonaut is a role model for his fellow countryman someone they respect even though they recognize that his feats were idealized in soviet propaganda. His ride on the train has been announced the entire train crew and even the cook know the famous space traveler will be on board. The cook is actually a star chef who was assigned just for this journey. It will be up to him to make a top quality me will in the few square metre kitchen on the wobbling train. Will be serving delicious dumplings and potato salad to the cosmic hero. Dumplings are filled with beef and tasty modern town who should make fantastic dumplings. The chef does not pass up the opportunity to serve his hero the food in the dining car personally. The potato salad served is actually made according to a german recipe. Its a calendar leftover from the times of International Friendship between mongolia and east germany. The transmitter in express takes a good 3 hours to get a chair in the province of god his number deep in the mongolian step. Its clear that demi dean is no stranger to the city until the early 990 s. Both soviets and Mongolian Air force bases were located in the region around so the station was strategically important to the retired cosmonaut knows it well im. Talking from all this is why the station staff invited their celebrity guests to join them they proudly recall that this historic moment. Did you know. Nowadays the 72 year old increasingly looks back not only on his achievements but also on his roots as a simple known that. He had not the man with the dog and the mongols have actually been watching the skies in space from the very early on as someone said here if you are long history shows that weve used celestial bodies to navigate by for thousands of years. Moreover to survive as a pastoral nomadic people. We have to be able to foresee the vagaries of the weather thats why the mongolians always directed their gaze and thoughts toward the celestial bodies. So. Long. While the Trans Mongolian Railway continues on its meandering course towards the chinese border. We stay a little longer in the wild blooming step the ranch or. I. I for centuries nomadic castle breeding has been the mainstay of the entire region. Camel herts roam the natural. I amand freely as do horses sheep goats. The step landscape around. About 50 kilometers from church is known for its fertile ground. This is where all tangere l. Has settled for most of the year the nomads horses live wild they have to withstand winters with temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees celsius as well as wolves which the horses can severely injured or even kill with one kick. The cattle herd his family lives with their horses following the rhythm of nature wearing a watch would be a superb fearless luxury. We get up early and were out all day until dark. We have the cattle and move them from here to there. Since were out all day long we dont need to ask what time it is for us there is morning. Afternoon and the movement of the sun. I always keep an eye on the song after all its the only thing you can keep in view here because its the sun that is always determined whether it is day or night. You. Sound. Where. The ancient songs of the nomads tell of their longing for their beloved homeland the endless expanses of the step and the deep blue mongolian sky. That. While her husband takes care of the horses head in a suit turns the rich milk from their goats and sheep into quark yogas and cheese. These are staple food stealing the summer months. The youngest daughter still lives with her father and mother her oldest siblings are already attending school and live with their grandparents in the city a daily walk to school through the step would be much too arduous and too far. Looked at them differently its not that it is just that we have never really thought about living in the city if we have work to do in the city we take the train as it usually runs at night. That way we are there early in the morning before work starts and then you can get a lot done in the day us stamps. I dunno and herders arent interested in material wealth they see possessions as additional ballast but the number and conditions of the animals on the other hand are extremely important to them because they show their diligence and skill. And i won the novel of all of them well we get over 200 kilograms of kashmir walls sometimes even 300 kilograms from 700. And the money we earn from the world trade is enough to cover all the expenses that come up over a year. With the other school fees in order to pay for the 2. 00 or 3 workers who help us. Pay for anything important that crops up in the year and we also prepare the meat from our condo to feed ourselves in winter. But we also sell some of it so we live from the immense productivity of animals. Of the. Sa who are all mining has dramatically increased and. All sorts of things are being done to the soil which is having a negative effect on the bodies of water and pasture land. We now get very little water from our wells. And it hardly rains anymore all that someone is still there when i look back on my childhood it often rained continuously for 3 or 4 days and i was. In. Mongolia sits on huge deposits of Natural Resources. And around one of the countrys largest and most important centers of mining i an all couple and lignite is growing. Kelleher mongolian Mining Companies on profiting from the countrys wealth of Raw Materials nearly as much as Big International investors and energy giants. Still the development is good for mongolias railways the network is growing and jobs are being created. Oh goodness so me. Khana me has a major influence on the expansion and development of the real race and vice versa. The Mongolian Railway is currently expanding the locomotives and real cars are becoming more advanced just just to the south of the rail network and the entire real logistics are currently being revamped. The. Traffic in particular is increasing. Service chiefs and so the future of our railways looks really promising so its. Not for the. Most traumatic. Aerials are expose