Time they call me ill tangere a. Movie. Where my ancestors were nomads who are waiting for 20 years i have lived with my own family and the staff. Appear to be doing specially our music is about mongolian history and our costumes these are our never ending sources in the song get this to all those schools in different cars. But i dont have. Since i was a child i had visionary abilities and could sense the spirits of nature. Our journey through mongolia and its capital and past our will start in the mountainous north of the country will follow the tracks of the Trans Mongolian Railway self cross the vastness of the step and after about 800 kilometers reach the gobi desert and the buddhist time our money straight. To. It. I direct 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 darkened means blacksmith and reflects the importance of the city for metal and heavy industry. Tourists are rarely seen in this big cities train station. The no frills building was designed for commuters and travelling merchants in the metropolis with its hundreds of thousands of inhabitants. Darshan is a transport hub that connects regional routes with the 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 or 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. Would you also physically notice mongolias altitude a quarter of the country is between 2003000 meters above sea level. Travel is should therefore allow themselves a little time for climate has ation. Halfway between the han and we are the 1st hills of the 20. The mountains begin. The mountain ranges considered the birthplace of the greatest mongolian of all 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 art 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. Ancient symbols such as the swastika or sun we all want to end all supposed to pave the way for the shaman to reach the spirits. 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 going through my trance and so i made contact with the spirits of the mountains and 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. That battled. Through with ancestors really speak through the shelmon remains a question of faith with god like with every religion. But the bus home but on a bus or not everyone can be a sham and when did 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 is deserting him with that mistake when. Sacrificial rituals such as the milk sacrifice are meant to appease the gods. For shannon is a balance between man and nature must be preserved and the growing economic interests in mongolia are a dangerous aberration. Or hot up there in the 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 warranting 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 here and 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 our guts to just assume but only got to. Be 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 missing herds of free range castle. Over distances of several kilometers the animals often alone without the in america 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. Due to the so. Travel times among early 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 our passengers tend to be pleased to finally arrive. In the big city lackluster concrete buildings welcome the guests even locals 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. Was ready to march to god it. Was. After a very long Shopping Trips hundreds of them are rife with new goods in on bass are 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 Center 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. Good to have. But in recent years hundreds of thousands of people have come here to try their luck. Few have become successful. And yes mongolia 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 a traditional nomadic life as a viable future of. Egypt all this talk that about bin laden and the new john good that we have a song that deals with rapid Technological Progress and in particular reflects the moment when too much technological optimization has occurred if you do you get back thats what 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 are talking to. Look at most of symmetry in the middle of. The band john and its a backdrop that symbolizes an entire generation spheres for the future. They selves deal with Environmental Protection unemployment and also the danger. Yes of Runaway Technology is ation. However they find a musical means in the old legends tradition this characteristic sounds of a mongolian culture. Junkie to give up on the name john not as closely connected with the history of the horse head fiddle goli a National Instrument he told me to look at in the mongolians a boy said that there was a very kind hearted man who owned a black horse named john not that you would say who isnt it modern that when it died one day when he wanted to honor it and built the 1st horse head fiddle and its image would sing yes. So we used it at the tail and mane and hes made it the way to. Whenever the longing seized him with he played on it and he remembered his black horse john on new decisions on the way to. The musicians were present 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. A movement around a mom a woman it all believed to be dead the body of a hunter was a. Ball of bone a woman with her limbs of. We hope that in the future people will remember our band jono for successfully having passed through. Mongolian music onto younger generations in a profound way for us it was just this a bad negative. Lisa much to be true that is our wish to remind you that is what we hope our musical achievement will be. On the ticket with the taste of it until. 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. Good actually dead is the only mongol so far who has travelled into space. Since his space flights 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. In the sniggering something for the 1st place full of fire mongolian was a significant moment for our people and it will stay a part of mongolian history as an important event all these days young people learn about it from newspapers and magazines from radio and television from their parents relatives and siblings. As a result of 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 saw use 39 Space Mission and about his 8 day stay on the sa youth 6 day station good actor just 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 to me 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 what matters to me is that i want to remain the same person i was before i went to space of the said. Back then my spaceship 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 once. They get i still think about his words to this day but its not on which is why i want the public to see me as i really am about the products and when the sad thing is you want to try. The cosmonaut as 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 meal in the few square music itchin on the wobbling train. Will be serving delicious dumplings and potato salad to the cosmic. Dumplings are filled with beef and tasty modern town 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 as actually made according to a german recipe. Its a calendar leftover from the times of International Friendship between mongolia and east germany. The trans mongolian express takes a good 3 hours to get a chair in the province of god hes a member deep in the mongolian step. Is no stranger to the city until the early 1990 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. This is why the station staff invited their celebrity guests to join them they proudly recall this historic moment of. Getting over. Nowadays the 72 year old increasingly looks back not only on his achievements. But also on his roots as a simple name that. He had not the model dog the mongols have actually been watching the skies in space from the very early on. If he thought our long history shows that weve used celestial bodies to navigate by for thousands of years. Moreover to survive as a pastoral a nomadic people. We have to be able to foresee the vagaries of the weather and thats why the mongolians always directed their gaze and thoughts toward the celestial bodies of the greek and so. Long. While the trance Mongolian Railway continues on its meandering course towards the chinese border. We stay a little longer in the wild blooming step the rancher. For centuries nomadic castle breeding has been the mainstay of the entire region. Camel hertz roam the Natural Environment freely us 2 horses sheep goats. The step landscape around mount simba about 50 kilometers from church is known for its fertile ground. This is where all tender 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. In the cattle head is family lives with their horses follow. Being the rhythm of nature wearing a watch would be a superb view is luxury. We get up early and were out all day until dark. We had the capital and move them from here to there. Since were around all day long we dont need to ask what time it is for us there is morning afternoon and the movement of the sun. You 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 night or. Both you and your. 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. Flat. 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 has still lives with her father and mother her older 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 obvious and too far. To them differently its partly because its at 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 a day yes. You. I didnt know and heard as arent interested in material wealth they see possessions as additional ballast but the number and conditions of their animals on the other hand are extremely important to them because they show their diligence and skill. In one another well we get over 200 kilograms of kashmir wall sometimes even 300 kilograms from 700. And the money we earn from the wool trade is enough to cover all the expenses that come up over the year. With hootie and 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. Order of 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 or someone is it something when i look back on my childhood it often rained continuously for 3 or 4 days and i was. Mongolia sits on huge deposits of Natural Resources. And around one of the countrys largest and most important centers of mining iron ore and lignite is growing. However the 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 next work is growing and jobs are being created. Oh goodness so me. All things 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 suggest the rail network and the entire real logistics are currently being revamped us. For the traffic in particular is increasing. So the future of our railways looks really promising so its. 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