Time they call me tangere a. Movie opener my ancestors were nomads. For 20 years i have lived with my own family and the staff. Cuts to be specially our music is about mongolian history and on customs and these are our never ending sauces in the song but this to all. Cost. Since i was a child i had visionary abilities and could sense the spirits of nature and. Our journey through mongolia and its capital on battery will start in the mountainous north of the country will follow the tracks of the Trans Mongolian Railway self across the vastness of the step and after about 800 kilometers reach the gobi desert and the buddhist time our money straight. To. It. I direct one station our 1st stop art from a communist past merges with contemporary advertisement. Planned economy once held sway here today its the free market. Dark one is the 3rd largest city in mongolia it was built in 1961 with massive support from the former soviet union and its name is no coincidence darkened means blacksmith and reflects the importance of the city for metal and heavy industry. In the. Tourists are rarely seen in this big cities 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 a transport hub that connects regional routes with the Trans Mongolian Railway towards a line 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 attendants where kristi 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 its announced over a loudspeaker that it is strictly forbidden to take any moments including dead ones on the journey because the fare of the mongolian delicacy usually harbors flies which are regarded as carriers of the play. Was actually only about 3000000 people live in mongolia a country more than 4 times the size of germany. Its huge distances and vastness can be sensed through the train window. On it. And you also physically notice mongolias altitude a quarter of the country is between 2003000 meters above sea level. Travel is should therefore allow themselves a little time for climate has ation. It halfway between their heart and we are the 1st hills of the 20. The mountains begin. The mountain ranges considered the birthplace of the greatest mongolian of all times. 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 arts and culture. Freedom of religion is 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. All. Ancient symbols such as the swastika or sun we all want to end all supposed to pave the way for the shaman to reach the spirit. 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. Really. Through my trance or so i made contact with the spirits of the mountains and the water. There found my ways to be good and just. Therefore they do me the honor of showing me the right path. Mongolian shamanism combine. Madson and the worship of nature and ancestors as sherman is responsible for the welfare of their tribe. Through contacting the 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. Through with ancestors really speak through the shell and remains a question of faith it was like with every religion. But the bus home but on a bus full well not everyone can be a sham and bunted like 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 what they will be seeing is deserting him with that need when. Sacrificial rituals such as the milk sacrifice on men to appease the gods. For sherman is a balance between man and nature must be preserved and the growing economic interests in mongolia are a dangerous aberration. For hot but then at present people are digging in the air for all over they dont even care about sacrificial mounds theyre not respected and theyre not even being rebuilt orienting this maple is drilling digging and destroying things its 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. And this is because people do not respect the earth which is probably why we shamans are also there to save nature and at least thats my belief that our thats disgusting but the only good thing to be part of. We follow the line further towards. The train is usually the faster and more comfortable choice in 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 begins in august already when the 1st. Snow frequently falls. 60. Travel times among 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 dark on to the capital and bus our passengers tend to be pleased to finally arrive. At. The big city lackluster concrete buildings welcome the guests even though cool say you cant help but love mongolia but you can only endure us are. We learn about our Central Station is the largest Railway Station in the country and was opened in 1988. 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 just that god. Was. After very long Shopping Trips hundreds of them are rife 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 mongolias population about 1500000 people lives in orlando. The Economic Center of this land rich in Natural Resources is currently experiencing an enormous boom. The metropolis is considered a symbol of the wealthy growth oriented mongolia. In recent years hundreds of thousands of people have come here to try their luck. Few have become successful. And yes mongolia is experiencing the greatest rural exodus it has ever seen. And young people in particular dont want to be inferior to the west but they also dont want to be inferior to the asian neighbors. If you consider traditional nomadic life as a viable future. Bridges are already talked about but that in time the john good that we have a song that deals with rapid Technological Progress and in particular reflects the moment when too much technological optimization has occurred here to you to get back in that you get 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 if. It took. A look at most of symmetry in the middle of an ambassador. For the band john its a backdrop that symbolizes an entire generation spheres for the future. They selves deal with Environmental Protection unemployment and also the danger. As of a Runaway Technology is ation. However they find a musical means in the old legends traditions and characteristic sounds of a mongolian culture. Junkie to give a little for the name john not is closely connected with the history of the horse head fiddle goli a National Instrument he told me things with a. Little mongolians a boy said but there was a very kind hearted man who owned a black horse named john not that you would say to it since it might mean that when it died one day when he wanted to honor it and built the 1st horse head fiddle and its image would sing yes. Sleep used its bounds at the tail and mane and hes made it the way to boston something that is whenever the longing seized him he played on it and he remembered his black horse john on hard 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. For a. Woman that. Would lead. Him to was a. Bomb someone with her in the day of judgment we hope that in the future people will remember our band jono for successfully having passed through. Mongolian music onto younger generations in a profound way for example just this a bad negative. In so much of the cue that is our wish to remind you that is what we hope our musical achievement will be. Altered it a little and if we think of it. The 2nd leg of our journey takes us from the capital and on bastar along the Trans Mongolian Railway to the city of chere 250 kilometers away in the heart of the mongolian step. With her Central Station 7 am. A real hero is waiting for the train to chair. Good at. Is the only mongol so far who has traveled 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 countrys minister of defense until 2004. However most mongols see him 1st and foremost as a heroic cosmonaut. There for the 1st place followed by a 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 it from newspapers and magazines from radio and television from their parents relatives and siblings. As a result mongolians are firmly into their memories. On the. 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 sa youth 6 day station good actor just dead to me dean was awarded the title cosmic hero of mongolia to honor his career hes the only living mongolian to hold it. But ill be. Done with the nickel to go with his brother 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 dont really think about myself that way or ask those types of questions i have to think about the think its not the things that matters to me is that i want to remain the same person i was before i went into space i thought of this it did back then my space ship commander and friend buddy mir are exam going to china back off said to me after space travel youll have many new friends but please dont forget your old once. They get i still think about his words to this day but its not on which is why i want the public to see me as i really am about the product thing with sally 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. 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 meal in the few square metre kitchen on the wobbling train. But he will be serving delicious dumplings and potato salad to the cosmic hero. Dumplings are filled with beef and tasty modern town who 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 is actually made according to a german recipe. Its a calendar left over 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 his number deep in the mongolian step. Them idiom 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. This is why the station start in by. Celebrity guests to join them they proudly record this is story moment. True you know. Nowadays the 72 year old increasingly looks back not only on his achievements but also on his roots as a simple known that. They have not the most of us on the mongols have actually been watching the skies in space from very early on signals or again if people are long history shows that weve 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 and thats why the mongolians always directed their gaze and thoughts toward the celestial bodies. So. How about long. While the trance Mongolian Railway continues on its meandering course towards the chinese border. We stay a little longer in the wild blooming step around chair. I. I. I for centuries nomadic castle breeding has been the mainstay of the entire region. Camel herds roam their Natural Environment freely us 2 horses sheep or goats. The step landscape around cinder 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 while. 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 herders family lives with their horses following the rhythm of nature wearing a watch would be a superb feel as luxury. We get up early and were out all day until dark. We had the cattle and move them from here to there. Since were album all day long we dont need to ask what time it is for us there is morning noon afternoon and the movement of the sun. You always keep an eye on the song after all its the only thing you can keep in view here because its the sun that is always determined whether it is day or night. And the. Sound. Where. The action 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 horses and in a suit turns the rich milk from their goats and sheep into quark yogas and cheese. These are staple food stealing the summer months. The youngest daughter is 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 arduous and too far. Looked at them differently its got to be teased at 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 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 yes stamps. I didnt know and heard as arent interested in material wealth they see possessions as additional ballast but the number and conditions of their 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 wall sometimes even 300 kilograms from 700. And the money we earn from the wool traders are not to cover all the expenses that come up over the year that hootie and the other school fees in order to pay for the 2. 00 or 3 workers who help us. Pay for anything important that crops up in the year and we also prepare the meat from our condo to feed ourselves in winter. But we also sell some of it so we live from the immense productivity of our animals. Of 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 it often rains continuously for 3 or 4 days and i was. In. Mongolia sits on huge deposits of Natural Resources. And around one of the countrys largest and most important centers of mining iron ore and lignite is growing. However mongolian Mining Companies on profiting from the countrys wealth of Raw Materials nearly as much as Big International investors and energy giants. Still the development is good for mongolias railways the next work is growing and jobs are being created. Oh look oh goodness so me just. Kaname has a major influence on the expansion and development of the real race and vice versa. 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. For the freight traffic in particular is increasing. So the future of our railways looks really promising so. 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 looking motives are also of russian origin. One of the good or evil. Are almost over so there are currently 31. 00 of these russian locomotives in mongolia over the. Chickens which weve been using this one since 20 time no one has been. Up there on polish. Air which. You can call up to 5000. 00 times and its 2 engines have a total of 7212. 00 horsepower engine. Horse she went through a long trial period and its 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. Even as darkness falls the station inches stays very busy. As a vital transpose it is growing in parallel with the economy. Mongolias history and therefore the last of its railway is closely into words and with the last of its russian neighbor. With the founding of the social. Peoples republic of mongolia 921 the soviet union sided with its economically weaker. 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 difficult terrain gave mongolia a big boost. It was a Great Success for the soviets to who would do it by the wealth of mineral resources. Us military considerations also played a major role in the fraternal 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 the 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. Chair is also on the roofs of the socalled deal or trains most of the passengers on board are mongolian merchants on their way to their chinese neighbors. Steal their they buy goods that are laces sold at a profit in their shops back home. In a large part of the mongolian population now lives from this trade including some women from gun a city in northern central mongolia. Yes we are 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 thingy. Everyone both retailers. And wholesalers takes the train to travel between the 2 countries all the pigeons 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 that passengers can sleep eat and drink and relax on board on the 12th and. Many of the mongolian commercial travellers have come from other professions. But then got up studied mongolian literature and the 1970 s. And her husband is an artist. Among the thing he just said just now in 1902 there was a political inversion and we moved to a market economy society. Suddenly it was all if you drink from their cup you also have to follow their customs. A lot was privatized 1st and state owned enterprises were broken up into Small Businesses many people including academics became unemployed and wages were very low. Since then weve become socalled saddlebag of similar. Saddlebag is an old mongolian term referring to nomadic merchants who used to tie 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 circumstances which are frequently difficult. Even if its 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 were still important for society for our families our children and our grandchildren. We pay for college rent and food. More than half of all mongolians finance their lives through Small Businesses one of them is me. In atlanta. From st shand rail station it takes another 5 hours to reach the chinese border. Was. Just how much the landscape has changed only becomes apparent in daylight. Tomorrow. 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 sound is about 250 kilometers southeast of chair and on the Trans Mongolian Railway almost 40 kilometer his further run in the eastern gobi desert we come to from our ministry which the mongolians also call hammering heat. The 19th century complex is an imposing center for mongolian but as im. Going to marry is a Buddhist Monk who travels on the night train from several times a month. He says its an escape from the confines of this. And that it was only here in this barren and empty expanse that he became aware of the connection between freedom and mongolian identity its true that the word freedom for me means responsibility and still if we have freedom we must deal with it responsibly in extra time free from a chink. But instead of something my chest im trying to remember that the world is more its edges it is sure i consider myself a mongol but i dont consider others as foreigners. And im a Buddhist Monk so i have responsibilities to get with those pictures. And. Every autumn hundreds of pilgrims and believers from all over mongolia meets in home our ministry. And ritual walk 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 energy pools in this atmospheric place. 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. To dance on rocky i was a buddhist lama as important in mongolia as the current dalai lama into bess. He personally chose this place to build a monastery in 1824 over a 100 years come our ministry was one of the most important buddhist same tis a faith in mongolia. And. If you have an intimate 930. 00 s. Mongolias 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 the next littleton the 1st arrests and executions of buddhists took place on september the 10th 937. 00 of them 6 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 i dont agree with it she says with when we are gathered here today so that these atrocities will never be repeated because its. Good people hostage. Was. Missing has become part of mongolias 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 the. Calmer 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. Limited at the world my whole lifes journey is dedicated to a happy and Bright Future that it was one of them so my train of life that i was traveling towards optimism for everyone everywhere. Our journey through mongolia is drawing to a close. There is much more that could be told about us as an old mongolian proverb knows seen once is better than had a 1000 times. Meet the artist. Oscar winning director carlin and. Her films go straight to viewers heart because she shows the crew childrens eyes. Kind joy come and sing on society the true children its great fun. Spotlight on our lena. Any interview parts 21. 00. 30 minutes on d w. How to. Discover your concept discover it with our hopes for. A legend after 100 years the ideals of the bomb house and more relevant today than they were a. 100 years ago there is reshaped things to come. People understood design is a way of shaping society. About half of thats cassella. With ideas that are part of our future books on how a part of our. 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