I never thought that I would describe a camel. Then, while living in the city of New York, there are no opportunities to consider camel texture. It is not to say that I am completely unfamiliar: I have faced many one-handed drawdry camels in Egypt, Morocco, India and even Australia’s journey to Australia. But meeting with her two-handed bacterian cousin in Southern Mongolia, pressed against the neck of a particularly shamal sample, feels for revaluation of their cuddlity.
I am in ten thousand camels celebrations, an annual festival of alcoholic blonde bacterian camels, which is found almost particularly on the central Eurasian stapy.
Mongolians across the country landed in their best Dles (Traditional National Garb) Camel Polo, Camel Racing, Ice Archery, singing competitions, and beauty pageants to participate in matches and both have to participate in the beauty pageant for the Tedli groom camels and their festive deer. Camel products are also numerous with small stuffed camels Gerass (Traditional house of nomadic mongolian flocks) for camel wool blankets and camel milk products.
Bactrian camels make only a small part of the world camel population – 6 percent (or 2 million) as today. But in the early 90s, the population and plight was very poor.
Prior to the 1990 peaceful democratic revolution in Mongolia, all livestock was managed and purchased by the state. During an open market infection under the new democracy, with low demand for camel products such as milk and wool, herds found that their camels were of higher value for their meat. Many were forced to eliminate their camels, which ended to complete the population at a low point of 200,000 in Mongolia. The Ten thousand camel festival was launched in 1997 as a way to curb the rapidly declining population by promoting camel products and experiences by the Amazing Gobi Tourism Association.
Today, the pet bacterian camel is a success story in Mongolia, which is twice the number of about 480,000. This is an even more tricks that are looking at their slow neck duration: the camels are pregnant for 13 months, and there will be only one child every two years.
Tourism played a major role in the revival of the species. Many families across the country have supplied their lives by offering camel trekking to foreigners, and selling soft-industry wool for pillow socks, gloves, hats and blankets.
The festival founder and director Tumendeller Kumba said, “Before we start the event, there was only one family in Southern Gobi, which used to organize camel trekking.” “Now we have many. Some families can earn 40 to 50 million togrics (about $ 11,500 to $ 14,500) every year. Mining is one of the great benefits and challenges coming to us in Mongolia. It prepares youth to live in the city and work in the city.
A series of Hupping calls caught my attention on a pair of areas marked on the edge of the ground. Here, the initial matches of Camel Polo have begun. Men in a counted jersey and white helmet, with ornamental leg raps, gather the ground up and down on the back of camels. Tilt to swing wooden molecules, they hit a bright blue ball slightly larger than a softball and the hammer under the pitch below the pitch. This is an exciting spectacle for the witness, and I spent the next hour the next hour with reshuffle, sometimes managed to bury the ball into the rival’s trap.
On the other side of the Polo Fields, a 10-individual crowd from a series of raisers saw the riders, who had been jocking a line of camels in the last few hundred feet multi-kilometer race. Drone overhead buzz, feeding the race on a jambotron TV in the center of the field.
The crowd grew up to thousands by mid-day. Although its purpose is to increase international tourism, and big, it is an event and for Mongolians. I have seen only two dozen foreigners in a multi-color sea DlesIt sounds freshly authentic; A window in the life and traditions of Gobi residents.
Beyond the camel thrill, the festival is a reason for the local people to gather and celebrate winter traditions. One of the star events is ice archery, where contestants pull blunt arrows with bulbus heads and fire them in a frozen pitch about 150 feet. Its purpose is to give land to the projection above a protective Snow Bank and knock a set of 400-grams of balls over another bank. A total of 20 shots are allowed to each contestant, and matches the last several hours. The champions receive a medal on their hats, and are honored in their province.
“We want to start an American organization.” Travel + holiday“We started the association in 2008, but the ice archery first started 2000 years ago. We want this game to be in the Olympic Games. It is our dream.”
Next to archery areas, around a dozen Arti Each province has been installed where camels are tilted. Inside, men pass smelling bottles to each other in one-extra exchange, and females distribute fermented camel milk copper bowls, known as an aircraft. After the beginning of one by a man in one green color, fur and print PartI am immediately introduced a bowl of sour, tangi drink. It is an acquired taste, but should make an attempt under the encouragement of the surrounding crowd.
At the center of the ground, more than a hundred people have prepared their camels for their camels for official reception and camel parade. The groups of each province swings through the lines of those waiting for those waiting for cell phones to capture the spectacle. Camels covered in chestnut brown in almond colored fur are beautified in every color anklets, saddles and bridges of the rainbow. His rider is more surprising. In parchment Part And a jacket with wide silk patterns, each a maximalist is the dream of a fashionista. It is a feast for the eyes and camera.
Behind the procession, a small crowd has given a large -scale gol and pose for selfie with dozens of medals. Waving the family to join a picture, they laugh praising the royal creature.
I can’t help, but shake heads in the agreement. This is a fine, fluffy camel.
