holding him up is his 21-year-old brother otogonoyun.der of the acrobat team is his other brother munkhtur, who's 25. between training, the brothers head into the city. 12 years ago, they lived on the street. their parents had no work or home and couldn't afford food. this is the neighborhood where the brothers would often go begging. the sewer where they once lived still exists. there's a small area below the manhole. sewewer pipes give off a n nast stench. but hot water pipes keep the space at around 15 degrees celsius even in winter. in the winter the average low in mongolia is minus 20, and can drop as far as minus 40. cities have central heating that requires pipes to carry hot water to offices and apartments. this is tumur, the head of the circus. he was born in darkhan in 1970. he met his wife b achatsetseg w they joined a national circus school in ulaanbaatar. at the time only one in every 50 applicants was admitted to the school. the two both studies in the ussr, a hub of circus culture. they became elite performers with a brigh