WINTER IN BAYAN-OLGII (western Mongolia)
School Days in Altan-Tsougts
Off to school with Mongolian and Kazakh kids and their teachers.
At Home with Maika
At home with a Kazakh "soum" (village) family: Maika and Argan and their family of five who live in Altan-Tsougts.
Inside a Kazakh Ger
Aiotan describes his ger, his everyday life and offers up a Kazak song about mothers.
Paying respects
Sounds of Muslim prayers at a cemetery.
A Brief Visit with an Eagle
A Kazak eagle hunter introduces his eagle and describes how he hunts.
A Long Journey
Seventy-three year old Doldbai describes the overland journey from China in 1942 to the small hamlet of Aag Ahraal in Bayan-Olgii.
A House in the Woods
Meet a Kazakh family who live in the woods: Dalil Khan, his wife, Manar Bek and their three kids. Follow them as they collect wood, herd cattle in the forest, and describe making a new life in the hoodoo (countryside) only eight years ago.
Letters in song
Letters in song and prose from Bayan-Olgii to relatives in Ulaanbataar.
A Fine Evening Concert
Jaina Guul starts it off and everyone joins in – about ten Kazakh songs about love, homelands, friends and mothers.
A Neighbor Visits
Hoanbai stops by for some fine conversation about Mongolia, the US, and Iraq.
What was once a horse….
Slaughtering cattle and storing meat is a family affair.
Kazakh Radio Waves
Excerpts from a Kazakh Radio program broadcast everyday in Olgii.
What's in a name: Altan-Tsougts domog
Legends and songs about the village of Altan-Tsougts with Pharavdorj who's been collecting "gazariin domog" (landscape legends) since he was a child.
Farewells
Kazakh toasts and customs narrated by Manar Bek, Maika and Argan on the departure of a visitor.
