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The chaos theory of Mongolia

I returned to Mongolia 15 years ago after an absence of 13 years, save for the occasional 2-week leave from work, and that time I spent a semester and a half at a local university drinking endless cups of brown, watery 150 Tugrik instant MaCcoffee at the cafĂ© strangely, or perhaps egotistically, named "In my memory", writing the first and so far the only book that got us into trouble with the local intelligence who apparently had little else to do than to pore through the ramblings of teenagers to catch the tell-tale signs of drug dealery. But I digress. When you visit a country for a short period, be it home or not, you hardly have time to immerse yourself in the spirit of the country and the city and feel the nitty gritty and dirty shiny of it all. So after 13 years, it took me a while to readjust and finally understand what the hometown of my childhood had become.  The most striking, ubiquitous, and inescapable feature was and still, unfortunately, is the traffic. In 2008,

Mongol Costume in Pop Culture



Mongolian traditional costumes were the basis for some of Queen Amidala's costumes in Star Wars IVXIVI: The Monkey Wars or something or other. Truth is I am not a fan of Star Wars, but visually the costume designs were pretty great for Amidala.

The image on the left is a traditional Mongolian woman's attire. Formal attire. Hmm.. I don't think headdress hair is actually made by horse-hair if i'm not mistaken. Unless you had really long hair. But even then it's bloody difficult to make these well-formed hard loops with them. You'd hafta go through many tubs gel wouldn't ya.

Very detailed info on Mongol costumes can be found here.

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