"Talk with me" is the Star TV Mongolia’s new series about life in Mongolia interviewed by Allyson Seaborn, Australian journalist and lawyer.
Presented in English for overseas viewers and for English speakers living in Mongolia.
Today, we are delivering our interview from Khuvsgul Ice Festival.
Mongolia`s lake Khuvsgul Ice Festival is held annually in March, just after "Tsagaan Sar", Mongolian New Year Festival. Lake Khuvsgul is located in the pristine forests and mountains of Mongolian Northern West provinces. The festival, first held 15 years ago, takes place at night time temperature can reach below minust 35 C. Among the many activities staged on a meter thick ice, a tug of war rope match, horse sleigh races, sumo wrestiling, fashion shows and of course, ice sculpting. One of the main goals of the festival is to draw people to the region in the off peak season. This can be difficult, given that lake Khuvsgul is about 400 miles from the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. Today, we have arrived by air about an hour and half fly from UB of from many days drive from capital city. From May to November lake is normally magnificent mass of water stretching 130km from Russian border down to the picturesque town of Khatgal where I am right now.
Lake Khuvsgul is Mongolia`s largest and deepest lake and habited by nine species of fish. It shores are home to number of animals including ibex, bear, yak, reindeer and moose as well as over 200 hundred species of birds.
Please enjoy the interview and stay tuned as more episodes are coming soon.
"Talk with me" is the Star TV Mongolia’s new series about life in Mongolia interviewed by Allyson Seaborn, Australian journalist and lawyer.
Presented in English for overseas viewers and for English speakers living in Mongolia.
Today, we are delivering our interview from Khuvsgul Ice Festival.
Mongolia`s lake Khuvsgul Ice Festival is held annually in March, just after "Tsagaan Sar", Mongolian New Year Festival. Lake Khuvsgul is located in the pristine forests and mountains of Mongolian Northern West provinces. The festival, first held 15 years ago, takes place at night time temperature can reach below minust 35 C. Among the many activities staged on a meter thick ice, a tug of war rope match, horse sleigh races, sumo wrestiling, fashion shows and of course, ice sculpting. One of the main goals of the festival is to draw people to the region in the off peak season. This can be difficult, given that lake Khuvsgul is about 400 miles from the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. Today, we have arrived by air about an hour and half fly from UB of from many days drive from capital city. From May to November lake is normally magnificent mass of water stretching 130km from Russian border down to the picturesque town of Khatgal where I am right now.
Lake Khuvsgul is Mongolia`s largest and deepest lake and habited by nine species of fish. It shores are home to number of animals including ibex, bear, yak, reindeer and moose as well as over 200 hundred species of birds.
Please enjoy the interview and stay tuned as more episodes are coming soon.