With Me Being A Mongol By Bone (through My Fathers Line), Some Of You May Be Wondering How I View Pan

With me being a Mongol by bone (through my father’s line), some of you may be wondering how I view Pan Mongolism. My view is that while this would be pretty nice for us to gather our fellow groups, we’re sandwiched between two powerful nations, with most of our kind being in these countries. I needn’t remind you that we should focusing on building ourselves up from the inside first through integration of our already existing minorities, especially the Kazakhs. There are Khalkha centric nationalists among us, but I’m not one of these kinds. With my two neighbors being as strong as they are, I wouldn’t like for those of our stock to secede from their existing countries, or even try to separate from them simply so they can join our administration. However, I would like to help host a few inter Mongol festivals in hopes of building a sense of unity & bridging among us even through borders or political affiliations. I hope you guys will have a good Bituun & more will come on Tsagaan Sar if I can update by then.

Here’s a relatively little known serpentine being. This could be guarding the rivers, & they should help against the pollution onslaught.

Imugi

The sinuous Korean Water Dragon, Imugi are considered lesser to the much larger Ryong dragons. A measure more rash in behaviour, and generally considered less intelligent than the amphibious Ryong dragons, Imugi are solely water dwelling, though they do sometimes breach the water surface. 

Curiously of all dragons Ryong and Imugi do - very rarely - breed with one another, resulting in curious dragons which appear much like Imugi for the first several decades of their life, only to grow a fourth digit, a thumb, when they reach fifty years of age, and at this point metamorphosing into a Ryong.

Imugi are generally treated with a distant kind of respect, due to the potential dangers they can cause, but similarly the help they can do. There are a few tales of an Imugi (often actually an Imugi-Ryong hybrid) saving drowning wixes, but more common are the tales of the floods caused by irate Imugi or Imugi competing for territory.

Seiryuu by Vyrilien

(Read more about Imugi Here. I was first actually made aware of Imugi by this post by amortentiafashion. I hate that I have to include this but PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THE IMAGE SOURCE OR MY CAPTION.)

Embracing the LGBT Community in Mongolia – World Learning – Medium

As part of a series on the Leaders Advancing Democracy Mongolia (LEAD Mongolia) program, World Learning sat down with program participants…

This shows us that although my homelands still aren't the safest places to be such, our situation is gradually improving. I personally don't think it to be bad to be LGBT (unlike many ultra-nationalists around my lands), but am straight & willing to help live normally. It's unlikely that we'll become a paradise for same-sex marriage any time soon, but it's still a good step to help us understand LGBTs abroad especially leading normal lives. As a guy, I prefer women & that likely won't change, but I'm not going to force this preference upon anyone. As such, let us remember that there's worse fates than what we have about them in our lands. Bayarlala.

Exploring the northernmost tip of Japan

The wind keeps its secrets in the northernmost tip of Japan.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

For my 50th post, here’s a glance at what this expedition has to offer.

Best Pony and a Balalaika

Found an /MLP/ 4chan world cup giddy up scarf in a bombed out house I don't loot the dead often, but obviously the guy has been dead for over a year and half the house is gone This was pinned to th...

Here's a little something included from our northern neighbor, by Gvozdi himself. I just found this among very few things of ponies & balalaikas. Iyayraykere.

Very informative & helpful to reestablish these ties. I hope to help others reconnect in these modern times.

Indigenous People of Sakhalin

There are three main groups of indigenous people on Sakhalin. They are the Nivkhs (also knows as Gilyaks), Oroks, and Ainu. 

The Russians on Sakhalin had the most contact with the Nivkh people and traded with them and even employed them to capture escaped convicts. 

Being from the southern part of the island the Ainu were much more tied to the Japanese and the Ainu on Sakhalin came to rely heavily on Japanese trade and especially on rice. Thus when the Japanese left Sakhalin, many of the Ainu left as well. The remaining Ainu were later forcibly removed by Russia. 

Orok people had the least to do with the Russians or Japanese. They lived the furthest north, away from established settlements, and their economy was centered on herding reindeer. 

A group of Orok women. 

Nivkh/Gilyak men wearing parkas. (Not unlike the parka Yuuri is wearing in Chapter 4.)

A group of Sakhalin Ainu.