Never Say Never! 13 Year Old Mongolian Eagle Hunter

Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter … 

A 13-year-old girl stands proud in the mountains of western Mongolia, cradling the eagle she has trained to hunt. She’s carrying on a legacy that has defined this region for centuries.

But the girl, Aisholpan Nurgaiv, is also challenging a tradition. Though she is not the first female eagle hunter—there’s evidence of female eagle hunters from as early as tenth-century Persia, and National Geographic photographed Princess Nirgidma of Mongolia with her hunting eagle in 1932—Nurgaiv is the first Mongolian woman to compete in the country’s Golden Eagle Festival … read more, see documentary trailer video –>   http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/…

Just People – Mongolia

The Morin Khuur (the Horsehead Fiddle) is the national instrument of Mongolia. Its creation is poetically described in the legends of Mongolia. The sound created is of the horse, the loved and respected animal sacred to all Mongolians.

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Just People – Ulgii, Mongolia

Ashol Pan is the daughter of an experienced eagle hunter around Han Gohadok, which is south of Ulgii, Mongolia

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