Khangai Herds 5 - Lhagva the Herder

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This is the fifth segment of ‘Khangai Herds’, featuring herders and their herd animals co-existing together in the Khangai mountains of Mongolia. Lhagva sings a song about her venerable mother. She explains to me the importance of cattle in her life, how she names them and nurtures them from birth. This is followed by a scene of a cow giving birth to a calf in a snow storm in spring. Lhagva names the newborn calf ‘Menget’ meaning ‘Birthmark’.

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2010-07-20