Nomads of Mongolia: Tradition Meets Modernity | Mongolian Adventure (1/2)

Mongolia is a stunning land of endless grassy steppes, vast deserts, and the towering Altai Mountains. It’s four times the size of Germany but also the world's most sparsely populated country. Out of three million Mongolians, about half live in Ulaanbaatar, the modern and bustling capital, with its glass skyscrapers and daily traffic jams. But beyond the city, the landscape feels like a step back to the time of Genghis Khan.

Over a million nomadic herders call Mongolia home. Entire families travel from pasture to pasture with their traditional round tents, known as yurts, often following the same ancestral routes their forefathers once took. A typical family owns hundreds of sheep, cashmere goats, and yaks. Some also keep camels—and, of course, horses. In fact, nomad children learn to ride before they can even walk.

Life in Mongolia balances between tradition and modernity. Even in the nomads' yurts, you’ll find televisions and internet powered by car batteries. Rural doctors, still visiting patients on horseback, now prescribe modern medicine instead of relying solely on traditional remedies. Meanwhile, old customs remain in the bustling capital. On holidays, the head of a large cashmere factory might wear traditional attire, and modern Mongolians still exchange snuff bottles when greeting each other.

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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 01:38 - Mongolian Adventure (1/2)
▷ 43:27 - Credits