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This is an excellent series. I saw it recently, after watching a similar doco last year,'On the Trail of Genghis Khan', by an Australian who rode from Mongolia to Hungary on a horse. Both fascinating, yet very different. The motorbike trek took 3 months, the horse trek took three years. Ewan and his friend Charlie had huge amounts of expensive equipment and a support crew. Tim had three horses, a tent, a dog and a satelite phone. Each had their own unique set of problems. All of them were pushed to new limits. Excellent stuff.

Horses bread for slaughter and consumption (2005)

China . . . . 1,700,000
Mexico . . . .626,000
Kazakhstan .340,000
Mongolia . . .310,000
Argentina . . 255,000
Italy . . . . . .213,000
Brazil . . . . . 162,000
Kyrgyzstan . 150,000

The filmmaker says that you can tell from Youtube where videos have been viewed from.

Apparently someone watched this in Mongolia.

Sorry to be such a noobie about this -- I'm just thrilled....

it sucks to have to spoil this...but its a dupe http://videosift.com/video/Imaginative-Girl-Spins-A-Yarn (not duping right now to not spoil the promote for the moment)

btw: tshirts made by this girl are being sold for a good cause: http://skreened.com/capucine

"Welcome to "Capucine for Edurelief" T-shirt shop ! We have designed t-shirts with Capucine's original drawings and some of her favorite quotes. They are available in French or in English. All the proceeds from the sales go to Edurelief, a non profit organization who helps provide school books in Mongolia. So far, two libraries have opened in two schools, thanks to your support of Capucine's project. She says : "Merci" ! You can learn more about Edurelief here : www.edurelief.org"

Darn it. I was beaten! Anyways, I posted this:

Downloadable Music MP3: http://rapidshare.com/files/321824884/OTZ_ED.rar (Password is "mongolia" from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN41vuy-hh0 ).

*music

>> ^schmawy:
Really people this is a wonderful story told with only music and images. It's worth watching. promote


Thanks Schmawy I used to own this movie on DVD. It's a beautiful film and I highly recommend it. I visited Mongolia a few years back and it was one of the most wonderful place I have ever been to.

you're good peeps queafer. i like you

In reply to this comment by griefer_queafer:
Are you kidding? The sequence in Mongolia one of the most brutal, chilling, and poetic in all of literature.

Good shit, I_VAG

In reply to this comment by inflatablevagina:
There have only been a couple i didnt like that he has written, but I also enjoy south of the border:west of the sun. I dont care much for kafka on the shore. Wind up is my fave all time though. I love that guy.
I havent ever met anyone else who had read it!!! youve totally made my day!!!

In reply to this comment by griefer_queafer:
Fucking Wind-Up is one of my fave novels. So mysterious and lyric. I haven't read anything else by Murakami that has come close to that book, though.

Are you kidding? The sequence in Mongolia one of the most brutal, chilling, and poetic in all of literature.

Good shit, I_VAG

In reply to this comment by inflatablevagina:
There have only been a couple i didnt like that he has written, but I also enjoy south of the border:west of the sun. I dont care much for kafka on the shore. Wind up is my fave all time though. I love that guy.
I havent ever met anyone else who had read it!!! youve totally made my day!!!

In reply to this comment by griefer_queafer:
Fucking Wind-Up is one of my fave novels. So mysterious and lyric. I haven't read anything else by Murakami that has come close to that book, though.

The song title and Singers are shown at the end of the video.
*beg

>> ^LordByron:
That is some great music! (Also an amazing vid) How could I identify the music? Throat singing? Mongolian? Is it a group?

This is from an area called Tuva. It's now part of Russia, but used to be a part of Mongolia.

Tuvan throat singing is, as far as I know, the only style that uses these kinds of techniques. There are other styles known as throat singing, but they sound very different.

You have given me the courage to justify the killing and relocation of the Native American peoples. Thank you.

>> ^thinker247:
Everybody knows that Indians came from Mongolia and Russia, over the Bering Land Bridge. And Sarah Palin saw it happen from her house!
>> ^oohahh:
>> ^bluecliff:
all americans are fake americans, it comes with the job description.

I know several Native American Indians who just might disagree with you there.

Everybody knows that Indians came from Mongolia and Russia, over the Bering Land Bridge. And Sarah Palin saw it happen from her house!

>> ^oohahh:
>> ^bluecliff:
all americans are fake americans, it comes with the job description.

I know several Native American Indians who just might disagree with you there.

eh..

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* International dollar - hypothetical currency pegged 1:1 to the United States dollar
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Born as Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj on September 27, 1980 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Asashoryu is the first sumo wrestler (rikishi) from Mongolia to reach the rank of yokozuna, the highest sumo rank. After his debut in 1999, it took Asashoryu only 24 tournaments to win his first top division championship, the quickest achievement of this since the sport adopted its current format of six championships a year in 1958. He is also currently (as of 2007) the only active yokozuna and is considered one of the greatest sumo wrestlers in history.

Unlike his Hawaiian predecessors Akebono and Musashimaru, Asashoryu was relatively lightweight at 129 kg in 2001, he began bulking up to 131 kg in 2002, 140 kg by 2004, and is now about 148 kg (326 pounds), right on average. He has successfully relied on speed and technique to compete against his, often much heavier, opponents, though lately he has begun confronting those opponents head on with the intention of out-muscling them. His lightning speed has suffered somewhat with the extra weight though he is still a lot faster than most of his opponents. He famously dumped the 158 kg Kotomitsuki with a "lifting body slam" (tsuriotoshi), a feat of tremendous strength, normally accomplished on much smaller and weaker opponents.

On January 30, 2003 Asashoryu was granted the title of yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo. While his first championship as yokozuna ended in a disappointing 10-5 record, he has since won a total of eighteen tournaments. Combined with his two yusho as an Ozeki, he has twenty career championships. The highlights of his career to date include two consecutive perfect 15-0 tournament wins (zensho yusho) in January and March of 2004 with a streak of 35 unbeaten bouts in total. Nobody had attained zensho yusho since 1996; yet Asashoryu has gone on to add three more such titles since 2004, for an impressive career total of five. On November 27, 2004, Asashoryu became the first wrestler to win five tournaments in a year since Chiyonofuji achieved the feat 18 years ago, and won his ninth Emperor's Cup.

He continued to dominate Sumo in 2005, winning all six honbasho (sumo tournaments) and losing only six bouts all year (0-1-0-2-2-1). One of those rare losses came on September 11, 2005 at the start of the Aki Basho when he dropped his first Shonichi (Day 1) bout during his tenure as Yokozuna. On November 26, 2005 a visibly emotional Asashoryu wept after winning his eighty-third bout of the year (a new record) and clinching the tournament at the same time. The six victories of 2005 combined with his victory from the final tournament of 2004 has set a new record run of seven consecutive tournament victories, including two more 15-0 wins in January and May of 2005. The great Yokozuna Taih_ Koki achieved the feat of six consecutive tournament victories twice, but never in a calendar year. Asashoryu now stands alone with seven, cementing his place as one of the best ever. As of January 20th, 2007 Asashoryu has posted a 13-1 record, thus capturing his 20th career title, and fourth straight since returning from injury. Many believe he will go on to break the record of 32 tournament wins held by Taiho Koki.

Asashoryu has been criticized for infractions of the strict code of conduct expected of top sumo wrestlers. The most severe of his transgressions was his disqualification in the July tournament in 2003. He pulled on Kyokushuzan's mage (traditional Japanese top knot) during their bout on Day 5 of the tournament, resulting in an immediate hansoku-make, or disqualification. This caused a furor among Japanese fans, who already had a distaste for the foreign yokozuna. Some irate fans even called him a cheat ("hansoku") during the weeks and months following this act. His other divergences from the norm include being photographed in a suit (instead of a traditional Japanese costume), complaining to judges after losing a decision, and refusing to adopt Japanese citizenship. He has also been accused of breaking the mirror of a rival's car.