I recently flew Eznis (a local Mongolian airline) to Zavkhan via Bayankhongor - which took several hours (but is still faster than driving). Here is a selection of gems from the Eznis inflight magazine, taken completely out of context:
A selection of stand out sentences from various articles in the magazine:
"wears a necklace of freshly severed heads"
"lying face down under his outstretched legs are sinners, birds and animals"
"The more one has higher IQ, the wider their forehead....Wider forehead means a strongly developed brain"
"If women have higher IQ [than husband] they get exhausted, their family life is unstable"
A selection of proverbs from an article on Mongolian folk wisdom:
"The King is keen to betray the loyal. The dog is keen to wag its tail"
"To boast means going weedy"
"Sometimes it's better to burn like fire; Sometimes it's better to tolerate like a servant; Sometimes it's better to resist like a mountain"
"To boast means going weedy"
"Sometimes it's better to burn like fire; Sometimes it's better to tolerate like a servant; Sometimes it's better to resist like a mountain"
The last verse of a poem I found moving:
The Despair of Uzemchin (by Jigdanvanjil)
In the snow-covered vast steppe
A rider goes away holding a lasso pole in his hand
The vast steppe where even long song doesn't reach its end
Is getting smaller and smaller along with time
That man is brave not to leave the horse culture
In his heart thousands of horses gallop...
In the snow-covered vast steppe
A rider goes away holding a lasso pole in his hand
The vast steppe where even long song doesn't reach its end
Is getting smaller and smaller along with time
That man is brave not to leave the horse culture
In his heart thousands of horses gallop...
