HUNNS, ANCESTORS OF NOMADS FROM INNER ASIA

Lately it was made a lot of archaeological excavations in the burials of Hunns (sometimes they called Hunnu or Xionnu) on Mongolian territory. Also Mongols celebrated the 2200 years anniversary of Foundation of Hunn Empire in Central Asia as their descendants. Study in genes of Hunn people remains in their burial approved it but also showed interesting result that their genes now in the nations like evenks, tungus (mancurians) and hungarians besides mongols. So their genes widespread throughout Northern Asia until Central Europe.

Hunn princesses and queens looked like that. Impressive, isn't it?

How ancient Hunns looked like? In Chinese annals written that first Chinese Emperor Tsin Shi Huandy had his first success in battles against Northern barbarians after dressing his men like Hu (Hunn) people and training them just like nomads or Hunns. Also noted that the poems, melody of Hu people was in fashion then in palace of emperor besides nomads costumes. Indeed Chinese adopted nearly a dozen of musical instruments from Hunns. Among Mongols left long song (Chinese chronicles say that Hu people sang songs like howling of wolves) and overtune singing besides other heritages left by ancient nomads.

Rich archaeological findings helped in restoration of dresses of Hunns' chieftains, warriors and women. The Mongol Costumes (www..mongolcosumes.mn) could do this hard work. It is left just to thank them.

The Realm of Ger District of UB

O. Darambazar. Hill of Gandan.  35 cm X 16 cm. Pastel.

Of course Ger district in UB is archaic and outdated. The main reason of existing this rudiment in conglomerate is heavy migration of herding families without animals due to degradation of pasture and mass mining in one side. In other hand these families in ger district have not enough to buy apartments. But it has some charm in the eyes of artists. I brought here an example. 

Here it is a work of a veteran of Mongolian art, which depicted ger district around Gandan Lamasery. It looks interesting even charming. But reality is...terrible air pollution, unrecoverable soil pollution and crimes in brief.

ANOTHER VERSION OF 8 HORSES

HORSES OF HAPPINESS 2. Acrylic on canvas. 43 cm X 67 cm. SOLD

Here is another version of "8 horses of Happiness". It is decorating already an office of successful business woman.

MONGOL HORSES

Nomadism and freedom is inseparable. You can observe it from Mongolian horse behaviour. Actually they are feeding themselves in the steppe and mountain pasture. And they have to protect themselves also from wolves. That is the price of freedom.

Another feature of Mongolian horses is homesickness. Usually horses sold or separated from herd or home tend to go back. Because it herders have to tie together new horse with one of his own horses until adaptation or accepting new surround by new horse. It was case, one of Mongolian horses delivered to Vietnam during their war with Americans came back.passing thousands miles through rivers, channels,plantation, highways and settlements... In tradition of nomads, if lone horse or animal is making way through their pasture area they shouldn't capture or hunt down these lone animals struggling to their homeland or to their herds.

Horse spirit, Acrilic on canvas

WHO IS SHAMAN

As a product of socialist ideology, I was fully atheist or non religuous. I acted as translator and guide for westerners since 1988. And in the mid of the first decade of 2000 I started to receive requests from my clients to organize meeting with shaman(s). In that period of time I was absolutely pessimistic about revival of shamanism in Mongolia. It is because after absolute domination of lamaism (branch of Buddhism) over 300 years  and total clearing of communists until 1930's there was no trace of shamanism in Mongolia.
Thank to British musician, who studied overtune singing or throat singing in Western Mongolia, I involved in the process or became interested person in shamanism as he asked me to organize meeting with shaman. Actually he was interested in shaman through of his study of Mongolian throat singing (lately Chinese are pretending for ownership of this art) and playing on horse peddle instrument. So while translating his interviewing with shaman I started to realize that it was possible to reviving shamanism back in Mongolia.
As it happens everywhere in the world, revival of shamanism in Mongolia is followed by charlatans. Only this fact is making shadow on revival of shamanism in right way.

Mirror or reflector of shamans, which is protecting shamans from evil or bad things. Also ancient Mongolian warriors used such mirror as a part of their ammunition. But we understand today that it was protection not only from arrows and pikes. Actually ancient warriors were shamans also. That is because always few Mongols survived and win over numerous and much more powerful opponents in the arena from Korea in East until Syria in the west and in Javan islands in the South until Hungary in North west.

Mouth harp is used for calling spirits

If you follow Chinese ancient chronicles or annals, you can find the historical episodes in which say that when Chinese regular army pursued ancient Huns (Xiongnu) called by them as Northern barbarians, the nomads could cause snow storms or heavy rains on Chinese soldiers then they could easily got over on them. That is fact left in Chinese chronicles like the fact of using cannon or artillery first time.by Northern barbarians or our ancestors. It is another history.