An Eagle Huntress of Mongolia

[Ben]

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.  

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

[BlueStarLizzard]

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.  

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

Why not? Europe could use a good Mongolian invasion...

[RoadKingLarry]

Why not? Europe could use a good Mongolian invasion...

Concur.
Much more opportunity for delicious Schadenfreude watching that way than with a plague.
 

[dogmush]

As long as they don't start taking over the Eurasian continent again.  

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.

[Andiron]

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)

[Hawkmoon]

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:

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.