Mongolia coverage index
Annual festival at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
This series of recordings documents outdoor events at the annual festival held at Khamar Monastery on September 10.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Naadam, Horse Racing, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
"Mongol Temee 2012" [Mongolian Camel 2012] festival (day two).
Thrift, Eric
This series includes videos of events on the second day of the “Mongol Temee 2012” camel festival in Dornogovi.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Camel Festival, Camel Races, Camel Polo
Milking goats--Nomin and Oyunaa
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series show milking goats at Nomin and Oyunaa’s place.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Milking Goats, Nomin-Oyunaa
"Mongol Temee 2012" [Mongolian Camel 2012] festival (day one).
Thrift, Eric
This series includes videos of events on the first day of the “Mongol Temee 2012” camel festival in Dornogovi.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Camel Festival, Camel Polo
Building a well at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
This series of recordings documents a sequence of activities over two days, in which a well is being reconstructed.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Building Well, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
Haymaking in Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents manual haymaking by Gantömör, Jargal, San, and Okhüü.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Hay Making, Gantomor-Jargal
Moving camp - Nomin and Oyunaa on otor
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings depicts an otor move by Nomin and Oyunaa.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Otor, Harvesting Wild Onions, Nomin-Oyunaa, Dornogovi-Sainshand Erdene
Sending off and watering sheep at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict Sodnomtsog letting his sheep out of the enclosure, then driving them to the well next to his father’s (Togtokh Lama’s) elm plantation.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Watering Livestock, Sodnomtsog, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
Moving - Noogii and Enkhee
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings shows Noogii and Enkhee moving from their winter/spring camp to a temporary summer camp nearby.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Moving Camps, Noogii-Enkhee
Tourists riding camels at Noogii and Enkhee's place
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings was produced at Noogii and Enkhee’s place, and shows the visit of a group of Japanese tourists.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Watering Camels, Tourists Riding Camels, Herding Sheep-Motorcycle, Noogii-Enkhee
Camel husbandry at Tomor and Jargal's winter camp.
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict the morning activities at Tomor and Jargal’s camp in late winter/early spring, specifically milking camels and sending the sheep and goats off to graze.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Milking Camels, Morning Activities, Tomor-Jargal
Sodnomtsog injecting livestock
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings shows Sodnomtsog injecting his livestock with an anti-parasitical compound, outside his house at Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Innoculating Livestock, Sodnomtsog, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
Gantömör and his in-laws shearing lambs
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict Gantömör and his in-laws who have gathered to shear lambs. The extended family have been shearing for several days, working in rotation at each household.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Shearing Sheep, Gathering Lake Water, Milking Camels, Gantomor-Jargal
Nominzul and his father training a racehorse
Thrift, Eric
This series of ethnographic field recordings shows Nominzul and his father (from near Choir) training a horse in preparation for the upcoming race at Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Horse Training, Making Aaruul, Nomin-Oyunaa
Shearing sheep - Noogii and Enkhee, Sainshand sum, Dornogovi aimag
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict shearing sheep and milking camels at Noogi and Enkhee’s place.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Shearing Sheep, Milking Camels, Noogii-Enkhee
Ovoo worship at Sümiin Bulag ovoo, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents the annual ovoo worship (ovoo takhikh) ritual at Sümiin Bulag in Örgön sum, Dornogovi aimag.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Ovoo Worship, Sumiin Bulag
Milking camels and taking sheep out to pasture at Zagdsüren's place, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings depicts the morning activities at Zagdsüren’s home in Dornogovi, close to Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Milking Camels, Sheep Grazing, Zagdsuren
Images from the collections of the Dornogovi aimag museum, taken on the occasion of the Mongol Temee-2012 Camel Festival.
Thrift, Eric
This series includes a several short video recordings in which curator G. Sarangerel presents the display of camel-related ethnographic objects at the Dornogovi aimag museum.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Camel Festival, Aimag Museum, Ethnographic Collections
Daily operations at Delger Dairy, Sainshand
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings depicts the milk processing activities as Delger Dairy Co-op in Sainshand.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Delger Dairy, Pasteurizing Milk, Making Yoghurt, Separating Milk
Operations at Sain Tus Farm and Dairy, Sainshand
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings represents the daily activities at Sain Tus Farm, just to the north of Sainshand, and at its dairy in town.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Sain Tus Dairy, Milking Cattle, Pasteurizing Milk, Making Yoghurt
Preserving khömüül (wild onions) and milling tsulikhir at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
Dolgor and Nar-Od chop wild onions, which will preserved in jars with plenty of salt. Meanwhile Dolgor’s sister Khükhenee mills tsulikhir using a mortar and pestle.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Preserving Wild Onions, Milling Tsulikhir, Dolgor, Khamar Monastery
Nomin and Oyunaa on otor in Erdene sum: Making khuruud, shearing sheep, and castrating sheep and goats
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict a variety of activities among families at their otor camps in Erdene sum, Dornogovi aimag.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Castrating Sheep Goats, Making Khuruud, Milking Goats, Watering Livestock, Nomin-Oyunaa, Shearing Sheep, Watering Livestock
Planting trees with Tsolmon at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents tree-planting with Tsolmon at his plantation at Khamar Monastery, just after dawn.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Planting Trees, Tsolmon, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
Activities at Delger Farm, Sainshand, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents the feeding and milking of cattle at Delger Farm, located approximately 20 km to the south of Sainshand.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Delger Farm, Milking Cattle