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Highlight of 2019:We must admit that our almost three-week trip to Mongolia was the highlight of 2019. We were hosted by traditional herders and visited Northern Mongolia and the Gobi Desert of the south. We were part of a cross-cultural exchange that had supported several visits back and forth among Navajos and Mongolians. A focus was on environmental concerns, especially on the impacts of mining on Mongolian land and waters. We stayed in traditional yurts (girs) and ate traditional food, and learned about Mongolian history, culture and star knowledge, from herders, at remote locations, under the stars. We compared Navajo and Mongolian languages and found some similarities. We were warmly welcomed as little brother and little sister by traditional Mongolians, through their centuries old beliefs that Navajos are related to Mongolians, which has been proven out by DNA. |
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