Day 3-Rest and Goat Sorting

I forgot to mention the night before I had a real Mongolian treat of Khuushuur, which is similar to what we know as a Piroshki.

Minced horse meat Khuushuur

Yes, the caption says “horse meat”! If your response is “yuk” read my post regarding cultural relativism.

Anyway, I woke up physically sore as hell! In addition it was incredibly cold and windy even for the nomads today. I told my hosts Durukh and Biyambah I was fine, but they wanted me to take it easy today and help near the Ger.

So I mostly just helped with the sheep and goat sorting today. The nomads have the uncanny ability to recognize their livestock. I could see no distinct brands or markings other than the colored horns, yet they were able to match goats and sheep with their respective offspring to ensure the offspring were being fed/weened.

I talk about the work here. The vid was actually taken on the (warmer) day before. I was however mistaken/misunderstood about moving the GER which they didn’t do while I was there.

As always, thanks again for reading and I hope you’re finding the posts interesting. I should have some pretty cool GoPro video of herding on horseback in my next post so stay tuned!

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