A Special Feature on Mongolian Culture and Tradition- A Reindeer Based Tradition
Mongolia’s most famous horse festival is a celebrated event across the country, but in the background rights groups are concerned about the rise of performance-enhancing drugs, harsh handling of horses and lax enforcement of safety protections for child jockeys
We talk to Gankhuyag Natag, a mask maker and visual artist who came to the U.S. from Mongolia in 2002. Learn the story behind why he wanted to create 108 masks – a sacred number in Buddhism – and the different creative outlets he’s using to introduce Mongolian culture to the world