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The mystery and magic of the ger*
ger*- is a Mongolian round house known as yurt in the West The Edinburgh Festival. The Edinburgh Book Festival to be more specific. The book lovers wandering about, secretly eyeing everyone’s bag, checking who has which books by whom. The writers competing secretly about who has the longest queue for their book signing… Amongst all…
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Unusual names
In Mongolia some names are quite weird and unusual just like any other countries. I remember going to Spain and was surprised to find out someone was called Jesus. I guess it sounded a bit like someone is called Buddha. So today here are some interesting and amusing names for you: Bibish – not me…
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Did you know…
*Gobi means desert *The word ‘yurt’ is a Russian word. In Mongolia it’s called a ‘ger’ *Dalai means ocean, sea, universal *The title Dalai was given to Dalai Lama by a Mongolian king in 16th century
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Things I found weird when…
…I came to Britain in 2000. Bear in mind that it’s a few years back and I’m from rural Mongolia. Now, I don’t want you to think that everyone from Mongolia is like me. There are many Mongolians who are well educated, travelled about, speak a few languages and most importantly they are the ‘city’…
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Mongol
You can call me Mongol Because I am. But please don’t call someone with Down’s Syndrome ‘Mongol’ or ‘Mongo.’ You will hurt not only me but many ‘Billy’ we called our little boy when he was born ‘Buuz’ I named him when he came home My baby was a Mongol not because he had Down’s…
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People want to know about …
It’s a pleasure to be from or born and grew up in Mongolia. Especially when I live in Scotland where I meet lots of different people from many countries. So I get asked many interesting, funny, daft and strange questions. Here are some: -Where are you from? -Mongolia. -Mongolia, Europe? Mongolia, Africa? *** -Where are…
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My favourite place
Everyone has a favourite place or time in their life. Mine is my parents’ ger, my childhood home. Waking up in our ger was a pretty sight. Our ger had a round window at the top of the ger called ‘toono.’ The toono was hand painted along with the supporting poles and the two columns.…
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The naked experience
November 10. 2007 I’m heading towards Perthshire to do the photo shoot on top of a mountain. Michael, the photographer is taking me and my friend Jackie there as he knew this place and it fitted in with what I wanted. It took me a lot to consider to take part in this project. My…
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Grief
As part of the Edinburgh Book Festival, people were invited to write stories in one Tweet on Twitter. Here is one of mine: Grief chased me furiously ‘Give in’ it commanded me ‘God, help me’ I whispered God was elsewhere Grief snatched my baby boy
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Why Guuye?
Guuye is my name. It was my first ever name which I was addressed to as a baby. However, my official name is not Guuye. Why? It’s a lovely story. When I was born my parents were very happy as I was the first grandchild in both families. My parents didn’t have a name for…
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Guuye ~ Гүүеэ 