RN Documentary: Modern Day Mongolia
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
Length: 29:30
Mongolia, a country the size of Germany and France and Britain combined with only 2.5 million people, is celebrating its 800th anniversary as a state. In the 21st century, the country is undergoing a major transition from nomadism and communism to a free-market economy and democracy, Buddhism is being revived, women are coming to the fore, and major powers are wooing the country for its mineral wealth. The speakers include president Nambaryn Enkhbayar, opposition parliamentarian S. Oyun, university students, herders, and Dutch presidential adviser Tjalling Halbertsma
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Mongolia, a country the size of Germany and France and Britain combined with only 2.5 million people, is celebrating its 800th anniversary as a state. In the 21st century, the country is undergoing a major transition from nomadism and communism to a free-market economy and democracy, Buddhism is being revived, women are coming to the fore, and major powers are wooing the country for its mineral wealth. The speakers include president Nambaryn Enkhbayar, opposition parliamentarian S. Oyun, university students, herders, and Dutch presidential adviser Tjalling Halbertsma
Transcript
MODERNDAY MONGOLIA:
BETWEEN TRADITION AND TOMORROW
Broadcast Date: Nov 29+Dec 1+3, 2006
Production Number: 1007689
Duration= 29?30?
MUSIC: ?Ayalgu? < CD ?Khugnu Khaan, perf. N. Jantsannorov, private recording, 45 sec
INTRO:Radio Netherlands Worldwide presents:
MODERNDAY MONGOLIA:
BETWEEN TRADITION AND TOMORROW
Presented by Marijke van der Meer
Mongolia is home to fewer than 3 million people who share their country with about 35 million horses, camels, yaks, sheep and goats. It is a vast, fenceless stretch of rolling steppe and desert in east-central Asia surrounded by Russia and China. Mongolia measures over l.5 million square kilometers, making it bigger than Germany, France and Britain combined.
FELT-MAKING
These Mongolians are building the walls of their new home.
Three women are kneeling on the grass beside the Orkhon river, flattening and stretching...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayalgu | N. Jantsannorov | Khugnu Khaan. | private recording | 03:30 | |
| Genghis Baatryyd | D. Jargalsaikhan and rock band Chingis Khan | Knock on my Door. | PCD | 01:30 | |
| Dzhenggis Khan Song of Praise | Altai-Hanghai | Gone with the Wind, Songs from Mongolian Steppes. | WTE | 01:30 |
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