MONGOLIA CULTURE

THE CULTURE OF MONGOLIAN WAS A NOMADIC  WAY.  THEY ARE INFLUENCED FROM TIBET, CHINA, AND BUDDISTS.  SINCE THE 20TH CENTURY EUROPE AND RUSSIA HAVE HAD STRONG EFFECTS ON MONGOLIA.

THEY LIKED TO READ LITERATURE AND ENJOY THE PLACES THEY GREW UP.   HORSES ARE AN IMPORTANT ROLE.  THEY LIKE HOSPITALITY.  THEY HAVE CREATIVE CREATIVITY.  THEY SPPEAL BULGARIAN LANGUAGE .  SOME TRADITIONAL WORDS DESCRIBE THEIR PASSION AND CREATIVITY.  THEIR NATIONAL IDENTITY WAS PART OF THE MONGOLIAN IDENTITY.  THEY LIVE IN FEET TENTS AND EVEN IN HAVE A LARGE SHARE OF THE POPULATION IN LIGHT ACTING.

IN THE17TH CENTURY , TIBETAN BUDDISM BECAME THE DOMINANT RELIGION IN MONGOLIA.

TRADITIONAL SHAMANISM WAS SUPPRESSED.  SHAMANIC PRACTICES WERE IN BUDDISM.  THE TIBETANS HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF DIETIES.  BY 19320'S BUDDISM WAS OUTLAWED.  SINCE 1990'S A NUMBER OF CHRISTIAN SECTS ARE TRYING TO GAINA FOOTHOLD.  SOME 4% ARE MUSLIM.  MONGOLIANS BELIEVE IN THE GOOD AND BAD OMENS.  THE NAME OF A CHILD IMPARTED HIS CHARACTER OR WILL SPIRIT.

WHEN PASSING ACROSS A JPOURNEY ON MOPUNTAINS THEY PLACE SWEETS TO SACRAIFICE.  A CHILD'S BIRTHDAY WAS NEVER CELEBRATED.  WEDDINGS MEANT THE COUPLE LIVED IN A NEW YURT.

FOR FAMILIES THE OST IMPORTANT HOLIDAY IS CHINESE NEW YEAR'S.  VISITOR'S EXCHANGE PRESENTS AND EAT AT EACH OTHER'S HOUSES.  MOST OF THEIR ART IS MONGOLIAN AND HAD RELIGIOUS FUNCTION.

THEY HAVE VERY OLD TRADITION OF THROAT SINGING.
PAINTING HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME ART. AND THE BRUSH HAS BEEN A TRQDITIONALNATURAL CHINESE PAPER MAKING, INTRODUCED BY CHINESE.  ASIAN PAINTINGS HAVE INFLUENCED JAPANESE PAINTING TECHNIQUES.

THEY USE A BRUSH TO PRINT TEXT AND IT IS AN ART  FORM.  THEY WRITE POETRY AND STORIES IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES.


MONGOLIAN TEXTS WERE CONVERTED TO BUDDISM.  A NUMBER OF CHINESE NOVELS WERE TRANSLATED INTO MONGOLISM.  SOCIAL DISCONTENT AND THEIR NATIONALISM LEAD TO HISTORICAL WORKS AND NOVELS.  SOME CHINESE CHINESE NOVELS WERE TRRANSLATED INTO MONGOLISM.

MONGOLIAN DRAMA TODAY IS MOON CUCKOO AND WAS CREATED BY THE 1830'S.  IN 1930'S THE 1ST PROFESSIONAL THEATRE WAS FOUNDED IN ULAAM BATAR.  BY 1990'S A NUMBER OF   PRIVATELY OWNED THEATRE COMPANIES WERE CREATED.  THEY FOCUS ON COMEDIES.

BEFORE THE 20TH CENTURY THE FINE ARTS WERE RELIGIOUS.THEY MADE BRONZE SCULPTURES OF BUDDIST GODS.  IN THE 19TH CENTURIES PAINTERS MADE REALISTIC PAINTING STYLES.  THEY HAVE FOUND CAVE PETROGLYPHS LIKE THOSE FOUND HERE -WITH DEER AND BIG HORN SHEEP.

THEIR FOOD IS BASED ON MEAT AND DAIRY WITH MUTTON.  THEY EAT CAMEL MEAT.  THEY MAKE DAIRY FROM MARE'S MILK AND CATTLE YAK' AND CAMELS.  THEY MAKE A MEAT PASTRY AND A STEW.  BY 1950'S THEY FINALLY  ATE VEGETABLES.

MONGOLIAN DRESS HAS CHANGED LITTLE SINCE THE DAYS OF THE EMPIRE.  IT IS WELL ADAPTED TO PASTORAL NOMADSTHEY HAVE A LONG GOWN WITH A PIECE OF SASHE.  THIS GOWN IS STILL WORN BY BY WOMEN PERSIANS AND CHINESE.  SOURCES DEPICT MEN AND WOMEN WEARING THEIR HAIR IN BRAIDS.  SOME MEN SHAVED THEIR HAIR.  EACH GROUP LIVING IN MONGOLIA HAS THEIR OWN MANNER OF DRESSING.  THEY PLAYEDCHESS AND CHECKERS AND DOMINOES.  THEIR INDIGENOUS GAMES ARE NOW LOST.  ONE OF THE POPULAR CARD GAMES IS MUSLIG.  THEY ALSO PLAYED ICE GAMES.

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