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he also developed an absolutely on canny ability to heal troubled waters i've come here today 'd because i lied so many americans or great debt to john lewis and his forceful vision. of freedom. come. this is day to open his life from ballet and i'm tommy a logical thanks for joining us. blockbusters from nigeria what money would sponsor their unique. authentic. and successful beyond belief.
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would start aug 7th t w. they call me al tangere a. movie opened where my ancestors were nomads or even for 20 years i have lived with my own family and the staff carving out cattle. appear to be leased specially our music is about mongolian history and our customs these are our never ending sources in the song with just a. schoolboy in the room. that
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ever since i was a child i've had visionary abilities and could sense the spirits of nature. journey through mongolia and its capital and past our stars in the mountainous north of the country will follow the tracks of the chance mongolian railway self cross the vastness of the step and after about 800 kilometers reach the gobi desert and the buddha's time our money straight.
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at diversion station our 1st stop art from a communist past merges with contemporary advertisement. planned economies once held sway here today it's the free market. downturn is the 3rd largest city in mongolia it was built in the 1961 with massive support from the former soviet union and its name is no coincidence. means blacksmith and reflects the importance of the city for metal and heavy industry. in was in. 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 thousands of inhabitants. darshan is
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a transport hub that connects regional routes with the trans mongolian railway towards a land 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 attendance 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 it's announced over a loudspeaker that it is strictly forbidden to take any moments including dead ones
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on the journey because the fear of the mongolian delicacy usually harbors flares which are regarded as carriers of the play. only about 3000000 people live in mongolia a country more than 4 times the size of germany. it's huge distances and vastness can be sensed through the train window. you also physically notice mongolia's altitude a quarter of the country is between 2003000 meters above sea level. travelers should therefore allow themselves a little time for climate has ation. halfway between their heart and lombard are the 1st wheels of the 20 mountains begin. the mountain ranges considered the birthplace of the greatest mongolian of all times
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genghis khan. 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 as 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
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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 that of the reigning they are down through my trance or so i made contact with the spirits of the mountains on the water. good that they have found my ways to be good and just had that that therefore they do me the honor of showing me the right path to give and hour to go get your dicks about. mongolian shamanism combines medicine and the worship of nature and ancestors as sherman is responsible for the welfare of their tribe through contacting the
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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 of. pearl where their ancestors really speaks through the shell and remains a question of faith it was like with every religion. but the bus home but on a bus or not everyone can be a sham and bunted if you do not appoint yourself as a shaman and just do something or 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 that they will be a genius those are tims when that doesn't exist when. sacrificial rituals such as the milk sacrifice on men to appease the gods. for
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sherman is a balance between man and nature must be preserved and the growing economic interests in mongolia are a dangerous aberration. for higher up then at present people are digging in the air of all over they don't even care about sacrificial mounds they're not respected and they're not even being rebuilt or in today's maple are drilling digging and destroying things it's very difficult everywhere. i want to go i traveled through western mongolia and saw that many creeks and rivers there have disappeared that 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 that's my belief that that's just to soon but. it's important to know.
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if we follow the line further towards. the train is usually the faster and more comfortable choice and 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 nomadic 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
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begins in august already when the 1st snow frequently falls. 6. travel times among the 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 bus our passengers tend to be pleased to finally have. the big city lackluster concrete buildings welcome the guests even though cool say you can't 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
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was opened in the 1938. to this day it remains an important hub 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. it is not much to god 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 and kiosks in the capital where they will sell them. almost half of mongolia's population about 1500000 people lives in orlando.
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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. even. if it was in recent years hundreds of thousands of people have come here to try to. luk. few have become successful. and yes he is experiencing the greatest rule exodus has ever seen. young people in particular don't want to be inferior to the west but they also don't want to be inferior to the asian neighbors. if you consider traditional
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nomadic life as a viable future of. the future her all the talk that about bin laden and the new john good we have a song that deals with rapid technological progress and in particular reflects the moment when too much technological optimization has occurred it's clear to me to get back to you good 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. it took. a look most of symmetry in the middle of. the band john and it's a backdrop that symbolizes an entire generation spheres for the future.
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this deal with environmental protection unemployment and also the dangers of runaway technologies ation. however they find a musical news in the old legends traditions and characteristics sounds of a mongolian culture. chunky to give you a full name john not as closely connected with the history of the horse head fiddle go your national instrument told me things were good you know the mongolians have always said that there was a very kind hearted man who owned a black horse named john not that you will say who isn't it noting that when it died one day he wanted to honor it and built the 1st horse head fiddle and its
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image was yes. sleep used its bones the tail and main. that is whenever the longing seized him he played on it and he remembered his black horse john on the money to send him on the way. to musicians represent 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. her. mom with their long long moment with the mother of the deer hunter was a. problem with the rules of the day of turkey and we hope that in the future
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people will remember our band jono for successfully having passed traditional mongolian music or to younger generations in a profound way from so it was based with this a band negative. piece so much to be clear that is our wish to remind you that is what we hope our musical achievement will be. on the ticket would give me days to get to. the 2nd leg of our journey takes us from the capital bastar along the trans mongolian railway to the city of chere 250 kilometers away in the heart of the mongolian step.
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one batter central station 7 am. a real hero is waiting for the train to chair. 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 country's minister of defense until 2004. however most mongol see him 1st and foremost as a heroic cosmonaut. like. the rhythm and then for the 1st place more fire 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 her from newspapers and magazines from radio and television from their parents relatives and siblings with as
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a result of mongolians are firmly in the memories. on the children seeing him. 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 salute 6 space station good actor just did them and dean was awarded the title cause. the hero of mongolia to honor his career he's the only living mongolian to hold that. they will be. done with the gold diggers of the 3 nor will i try not to give myself so much importance. what have i done so far what are my achievements in the about the job i don't really think about myself that way or ask those types of questions
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. but the think it's not the sex that matters to me is that i want to remain the same person i was before i went into space. and back then my spaceship commander and friend buddy me out xander bridge tony burke off said to me after space travel you'll have many new friends but you please don't forget your old once. they get i still think about his words to this day but it's not on which is why i want the public to see me as i really am about of the products and will excel if you want to check. 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.
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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 music kitchen on the wobbling train. music that will be serving delicious dumplings and potato salad to the cosmic hero. my dumplings are filled with beef and tasty mutton town they 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. it's
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a calendar leftover from the times of international friendship between mongolia and east germany. the trans mongered in express takes a good 3 hours to get a chair in the province of god he's a member deep in the mongolian step. there midian is no stranger to the city until the early 1990 s. both soviet and mongolian air force bases were located in the region around so the station was strategically important to the retired cosmonaut knows it well. enough to accomplish. this is why the station staff invited their celebrity guests to join them they proudly record this is story moment of true religion over.
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nowadays the 72 year old increasingly looks back not only on his achievements but also on his roots as a simple known that. they're not the most brutal of the mongols around children watching the skies in space from the very early our souls or if people are long history shows that we've 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 through the fog that's why the mongolians always directed their gaze and thoughts toward the celestial bodies of the greek and the. howard long. while the trans mongolian railway continues on its meandering course towards the
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chinese border. we stay a little longer in the wild blooming step around chair. for centuries nomadic castle breeding has been the mainstay of the entire region. camel herds roam their natural environment freely as do horses sheep or goats. the step landscape around mount simba 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
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herders family lives with their horses following the rhythm of nature wearing a watch would be a superb furious luxury. we get up early and we're out all day until dark. we heard the cattle and move them from here to there. since we're around all day long we don't need to ask what time it is for us there is morning noon afternoon and the movement of the sun this is your view always keep an eye on the sun after all it's the only thing you. can keep in view here because it's the song that is always determined whether it is day or night. when or. where it. was the ancient
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songs of the nomads tell of their longing for their beloved homeland the endless expanses of the step and the deep blue mongolian sky. the way. that. while her husband takes care of the horse's head in his suit turns the rich milk from the goats and sheep into quark yogas and cheese. these are staple food stealing the summer months. the youngest stores his 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. well to them differently it's 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
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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 stephanie. i didn't know and heard is aren't 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. you know one another well we get over 200 kilograms of kashmir a 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 a year the routines of the school fees in order to pay for the $2.00 or 3 workers who help us take pays for anything important that crops up in the year and we also
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prepare the meat from our cattle to feed ourselves in winter. but we also sell some of it so we live from the immense productivity of our animals. of the. all the 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 although someone is it when i look back on my childhood and often rained continuously for 3 or 4 days when i was. in.
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mongolia sits on huge deposits of natural resources. and around one of the country's largest and most important centers of mining iron ore and lignite is growing. however mongolian mining companies on profiting from the country's wealth of raw materials nearly as much as big international investors and energy giants. still the development is good for mongolia's railways the next work is growing and jobs are being created. oh look at all you're. just.
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khana me has a major influence on the expansion and development of the real race and vice versa . stitching the mongolian railway is currently expanding the locomotives and real cars are becoming more advanced just the rail network and the entire real logistics are currently being revamped. through freight traffic in particular is increasing. so the future of our railways looks really promising so it's. not for the. most traumatic. aerials are exposed to neighboring countries china however uses a different gauge of track to mongolia where the network is based on the russian broad gauge that means all the wagons must be reloaded on the chinese border which is a huge additional cost factor. a lot of the local motives are also of russian origin . one of the. more lost so there are
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currently $31.00 of these russian locomotives among goalies. but you can see we've been using this one since 2010 you know almost with chalk. up well polished. air which. you can call up to $5000.00 tons and it's 2 engines have a total of $7212.00 horsepower each. autumn of the course she went through a long trial period and has proven she can survive the long distances and the hard mongolian winters very well or stay with us in. the heavy diesel engines and seemingly endless lines of wagons move effortlessly through the lonely step landscape day and night.
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or. even as darkness falls the station inches stays very busy. as a vital transport hub it is growing in parallel with the economy. mongolia's history and therefore that of its railway is closely into words and with that of its russian neighbor. with the founding of the socialist people's republic of mongolia $921.00 the soviet union sided with its economically weak. engineers in moscow designed the lines and forced laborers was sent from russian prison camps to reinforce the mongolian track with has to drive this gigantic project through. the 1111 kilometers of track through the most
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difficult terrain gave mongolia a big boost. it was a great success for the soviets to do. by the wealth of mineral resources. us military considerations also played a major role in if eternal relief action. the chance mongolian rail link from the russian border in the north to china in the south is still the backbone of all rail traffic in mongolia today. because of the enormous distances many passenger trains run overnight sleeping cars are the best way to weather the long journey times. is also on the roofs of the so-called dealer trains most of the passengers on board are mongolian merchants on their way to their chinese neighbors. there they buy
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goods that allays has sold at a profit in their shops back home. to a large part of the mongolian population now lives from this trade including some women from a city in northern central mongolia. about. we're on a train for 4 days. but if you include all the shopping in beijing or even further away then you get to a total of at least 10 days on the road. everyone both retailers and wholesalers takes the train to travel between the 2 countries of the period you why. because the train is safe for people and also for the transport of goods. and you can almost live your life in a train passengers can sleep eat drink and relax on board on the 12th and.
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many of the mongolian commercial travellers have come from other professions. but i am going to have studied mongolian. literature and the 1970 s. and her husband is an artist. among the thing people said it's nice in 1992 there was a political inversion and we moved to a market economy society. and suddenly it was all if you drink from their cup you also have to follow their customs. a lot was privatized most and state owned enterprises were broken up into small businesses many people including academics became unemployed and wages were very low. since then we've become so-called saddlebag of similar. saddlebag is an old mongolian term referring to nomadic merchants who used to tie
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they could steal the saddles of their horses and ride off to sell them. it seems the historical reference makes it a bit easier for present commercial travellers to accept their life's circumstances which are frequently difficult. even if it's hardly had dream job 60 year old boddam got out does not complain. his order was i have no other option. and even if we are only small businesses we're still important for society for our families our children and our grandchildren. we pay for college rent and food advice and yes more than half of all mongolians finance their lives through small businesses $1.00 of them is me just.
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from the same show and rail station it takes another 5 hour. to reach the chinese border. just how much the landscape has changed only becomes apparent in daylight. the rich green step landscape has given way to the ok colored infinity of the gobi desert. covering some 1000000 300000 square kilometers it is the largest desert in asia. the desert city of same shell and is about 250 kilometers southeast of chair and long the trans mongolian railway almost 40
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kilometer his further on in the eastern gobi desert we come to from our ministry which the mongolians also call how marine heat. to $900.00 century complex is an imposing incentive for mongolian buddhism. game to marry is a buddhist monk who travels on the night train from milan bastar several times a month. he says it's an escape from the confines of the city and that it was only here in this barren and empty expanse that he became aware of the connection between freedom and mongolian identity it's true that the word freedom for me means responsibility and if we have freedom we must deal with the responsibility in the extra the yes i'm free to say i'm a chink. but instead of pumping my chest i'm trying to remember that the world is
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more like it's sure i consider myself a mongol but i don't. others as foreigners. and i'm a buddhist monk so i have responsibilities. and. every hundreds of pilgrims and believers from all over mongolia meet in hum our ministry. a ritual book through the stony desert around the monastery grounds is said to drive away bad omens and renew the life energy of each individual. mongolian buddhists believe the whole earth's energy pools in this atmospheric place.
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the colorful troop makes its way about 2 kilometers into the desert to a shambhala center. a holy places that refer to the mythical city of the same name where legend says the accumulated knowledge of buddhism will outlast time itself. yeah it is a dance on rocky i was a buddhist lama as important in mongolia as the current dalai lama in tibet. because an h. has this place to build a monastery in 1824 over 100 years to come our monastery was one of the most important buddhists and his a faith in mongolia. and if you have an intimate
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$930.00 s. mongolia's communist government turned against but as a monks were condemned as anti stalinist elements thousands were imprisoned all killed and monasteries were destroyed. this is not out on mental as of the 1st arrests and executions of buddhists took place on september the 10th $937.00 of them said future generations must learn about it would be that is why on this day we call on the whole world to prevent such evil deeds from happening again he departed no person should be excluded persecuted or murdered because of his or her beliefs or opinions either and again when he says he's with them we're gathered here today so that these atrocities will never be repeated and it's. hearted people must. that was.
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diminishing has become part of mongolia's intangible cultural heritage and buddhists from all over the world celebrate the resurrection of the monastery and their faith in the boundless expenses of the gobi desert. as it. come our monastery symbolizes a commitment to freedom and independence for all mongolians. the hope is that its story can teach future generations to look ahead with hope self confidence and self determination. was. in them going to deny that it will go my whole life journey is dedicated to a happy and bright future to the lots of them so my train of life that i was travelling towards optimism for everyone everywhere. our journey through mongolia is joined to a close. there is much more that could be told. as an old mongolian proverb and
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i was seen once is better than head a 1000 times. carians cutting off. her new year's day haunch their government sink into the swamp of corruption. dollars arks grants themselves privileges while mall enforcement officers oppress the citizens. now there are daily demonstrations and the demand
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