items index
Milking goats at San and Saraa's place, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents an evening visit to San and Saraa’s place, about 30 km south of Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Milking Goats, San-Saraa, Dornogovi-Ulaanbadrakh
Setting up a corral at San's place
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict a visit with Sodnomtsog to his uncle’s autumn camp, where the men (Sodnomtsog, San, and Odkhüü) set up a corral for the sheep and goats.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Building Corral, San-Saraa, Dornogovi-Ulaanbadrakh
Tour of the livestock feed cultivation area at Delger Farm, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
These recordings present a brief tour of the livestock feed cultivation area at Delger Farm.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Delger Farm
Young Herders' Congress and Livestock Exhibition in Sainshand
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents the proceedings of the Young Herders’ Congress, held in Saran Khökhöö Theatre in Sainshand.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Herders Congress, Livestock Exhibition
Noogii and Enkhee branding camels
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict Noogii and Enkhee branding young camels at their summer camp, next to Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Branding Camels, Noogii-Enkhee
Castrating camels
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings shows Sodnomtsog castrating camels at Noogii and Enkhee’s place. He is helped out by Sükhee and monks from Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Castrating Camels, Sodnomtsog
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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