This morning was very cold (4/10). I would guess it was about 10 degrees colder than the previous day. If you add in the wind, it makes the working conditions rather tough. It started out as usual with the search for the horses. Today they also wandered further than usual, but not as far as the first day, which had me thinking that I may have actually attached the hobble correctly.
As I said earlier, the job of a nomad can not be performed without his horse. It’s comparable to a computer programmer trying to work without a computer.
I stayed in for a good part of the morning due to the conditions. This gave me the opportunity to take some pictures and video of the Ger. The traditonal layout of the Nomadic Ger is:
Let’s see how it compares to my hosts’ Ger:
Two people usually sleep in one of those twin size beds. I was lucky to have my own.
I’m finding it hard to use all the nice equipment I brought with me (DSLR, tripod, wireless mic, etc) and to do the nomad work. The equipment takes too long to set up and break down. If there was another person doing the filming and photography while the work was being performed it would be ideal. Thus, the used iPhone 4 camera and the GoPro3+ have been my “go to” devices.
I had the chance to go out with Durukh later and just move some of the livestock from one pasture (or grazing area really) to another. Here’s some of the footage. Of course the camera was a bit crooked. In this video, I’m learning the verbal commands known only to Mongolian livestock. Later that afternoon I was able to head out on my own to again “re-pasture” the goats only.
The videography (and editing) get better with practice. 😛
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