Curated Video
Discovering Mongolia: The Three Games of Men at Erin Gurvan Naadam
The video explores the cultural significance and excitement of the Erin Gurvan Naadam festival in Mongolia. It highlights the three traditional games of men - Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, and archery - and explains how each game is...
Ancient Lights Media
Mongolia
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Mongolia.
Ancient Lights Media
China: Deserts
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip examines the geography and cultures of China's northern desert regions.
Curated Video
Urban nomads: Mongolian herders face cultural, political and climate change on road to new future
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - This PLACE film follows two nomadic herding families. Each one has a foot in the traditional nomadic herding life and another in the capital as herders have been driven to the city by cultural, political and...
Curated Video
Overtone Singing: Exploring the Technique and Cultural Significance
This video introduces the concept of overtone singing, a technique used by trained vocalists to sing more than one note at a time. It explains how voice is produced and the role of vocal cords, and then delves into the production of...
National Geographic
Living With Mongolian Nomads | Best Job Ever
What's it like to live among Mongolian nomads when you've spent most of your life in New York City? As host of the National Geographic Channel show Bridge the Gap: Mongolia, Chris Bashinelli is on a quest to find out. During his...
National Geographic
Living With Mongolian Nomads | Best Job Ever
What's it like to live among Mongolian nomads when you've spent most of your life in New York City? As host of the National Geographic Channel show Bridge the Gap: Mongolia, Chris Bashinelli is on a quest to find out. During his...
National Geographic
Millennial Monks Adapt to a Modernizing World | National Geographic
These are Mongolia’s millennial monks. Today, they are in charge of more and more of the country's monasteries. This new generation of monks are coming of age after decades of Soviet religious persecution. ➡ Subscribe:...
National Geographic Kids
Riding Horses with Mongolian Nomads | Best Job Ever
Nomads constantly travel to find pasture for their animals. National Geographic host Chris Bashinelli spent one month with nomads in Mongolia to find out how nomadic culture is adapting to an ever-changing and modernizing world. Find out...
Masaman
Why are East Asian Countries so Ethnically Homogeneous?
Why are the countries of East Asia so seemingly ethnically homogeneous? Most countries of East Asia, including China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Mongolia have a far more homogeneous or uniform national identity when it comes to a cultural,...
Great Big Story
The Last Nomadic Reindeer Herders in the World
Accessible only by horseback, a remote village in Mongolia has stood as the epicenter of reindeer herding for thousands of years. The nomadic Dukha people have been passing down their herding heritage for generations. Today, they remain...
Curated Video
Unearthing the Ancient Temple of Bilga Khan: Insights into the Turkic Empire
A team of Mongolian and Turkish archaeologists has discovered a large temple site dedicated to Bilga Khan, a pre-Islamic emperor of the ancient Turkic Empire. The site, located in central Mongolia, features a stone square with a...
TED Talks
Parag Khanna: Mapping the future of countries
Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says they do. Using maps of the past and present, he explains the root causes of border conflicts worldwide and proposes simple yet cunning solutions for each.
Geography Now
Geography Now! Mongolia
The country of Mongolia brings to mind its epic past, including the famous Genghis Kahn. As seen in the video resource, the central Asian nation is still home to a nomadic culture, as about a third of its people live like the Mongols...
TED-Ed
History vs. Genghis Khan
What place should Genghis Khan hold in history: vicious thirteenth century warlord, or cultural unifier who set the stage for the modern world? TED-Ed illuminates viewers with arguments behind both historical perspectives and provides...
Crash Course
Wait for It...The Mongols!
While many may imagine the Mongols stereotypically as a barbarian and brutal people, Mr. Green invites his audiences to consider the complexity and impact of this once great empire. This episode covers the benefits, consequences, and...