Series Disappearing World Series
Director Brian Moser
Anthropologist Owen Lattimore
Country/Production UK
Release 1975
Length 52 mins
Format Colour / DVD or VHS / PAL / All region
Location Mongolia, Ulan Bator / Asia
Ethnic Group Mongols
Order No RAI-200.96
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The second of two films on Mongolia made by Granada Television in 1974–75 looks at life in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia and home of a quarter of the population. The city celebrates the 53rd anniversary of the socialist revolution with parades, festivals, wrestling and archery contests, and a remarkable horse-race. (The child jockeys are usually between 7 and 12 years old.) The film returns to a shepherd's camp on a collective for the traditional celebration of Tsagan Sar, the lunar New Year festival now known as the Herdsman's New Year. (For references see Mongolia: On the Edge of the Gobi.)
