Armed Polite Society

Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Ben on December 25, 2018, 10:41:13 AM

Title: An Eagle Huntress of Mongolia
Post by: Ben on December 25, 2018, 10:41:13 AM
I thought this was a really cool story. I've gained a recent interest in Mongolian culture after going down the rabbit hole of Warren's Mongolian rock thread. This seems to be a growing trend. Even in many of the music videos I found, the theme seems to be about "going back to the old ways".

I think it's pretty cool that iPhone-carrying Mongolian youth are embracing their roots like this. As long as they don't start taking over the Eurasian continent again.  =D

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/world/asia/mongolia-golden-eagle-festival.html
Title: Re: An Eagle Huntress of Mongolia
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on December 25, 2018, 11:35:20 AM
I thought this was a really cool story. I've gained a recent interest in Mongolian culture after going down the rabbit hole of Warren's Mongolian rock thread. This seems to be a growing trend. Even in many of the music videos I found, the theme seems to be about "going back to the old ways".

I think it's pretty cool that iPhone-carrying Mongolian youth are embracing their roots like this. As long as they don't start taking over the Eurasian continent again.  =D

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/world/asia/mongolia-golden-eagle-festival.html

Why not? Europe could use a good Mongolian invasion...
Title: Re: An Eagle Huntress of Mongolia
Post by: RoadKingLarry on December 25, 2018, 01:27:21 PM
Why not? Europe could use a good Mongolian invasion...

Concur.
Much more opportunity for delicious Schadenfreude watching that way than with a plague.
 
Title: Re: An Eagle Huntress of Mongolia
Post by: dogmush on December 25, 2018, 03:22:03 PM
As long as they don't start taking over the Eurasian continent again.  =D


If they start in China and then roll through southern Asia and Southwest Asia, I'm kinda "meh" on the subject.  At least the Mongols have good music.
Title: Re: An Eagle Huntress of Mongolia
Post by: Andiron on December 25, 2018, 07:47:02 PM
If they start in China and then roll through southern Asia and Southwest Asia, I'm kinda "meh" on the subject.  At least the Mongols have good music.

Historically,  they've got the right idea on how to deal with Islam.  The problem is if they get momentum to make it into Europe.  Of course,  by then it's likely to be overrun anyway.  (Polish and Hungarians hopefully withstanding)
Title: Re: An Eagle Huntress of Mongolia
Post by: Hawkmoon on December 25, 2018, 10:21:23 PM
Historically,  they've got the right idea on how to deal with Islam.  The problem is if they get momentum to make it into Europe.  Of course,  by then it's likely to be overrun anyway.  (Polish and Hungarians hopefully withstanding)

From the article:

Quote
Eagle hunting almost vanished in the last century. It was kept alive by the Altai Kazakhs in western Mongolia in Bayan-Olgii province, where at least 400 ethnic Kazakhs have formally registered as eagle hunters.

The province is the only one in Mongolia that is majority Kazakh, and majority Muslim.