[MANNAM] Interview: Mongolia Naadam Festival 2013 in Korea

[MANNAM] Interview: Mongolia Naadam Festival 2013 in Korea

Mongolian major holiday, Naadam Festival held in Korea. I participated Naadam festival and also joined traditional game ‘shagar’ and tug of war. Shagar is a game of hitting the target with a piece of wood. It needed to take good aim and power of middle finger.

 

In the tug of war, our international team lost. But no matter about the result, it was exciting.

Best part of Nadaam festival was Mongolian Wrestling. What’s interesting about rule is that there’s no weight divisions. All wrestlers looked like brave commander and real men.  

Beside the games , there were plenty to see and do outside– traditional dance, food, music, traditional custom; the culture of Mongol.

 

I had an interview with cute Mongolian student who was cooking Mongolian food.

Q1: How do you feel having a Naadam Festival in Korea?

A: This is the biggest festival of year in Mongol. It means a lot. I’ve stayed 3 years for studying in Korea and it reminds me my hometown. It is held in large scale in my area.

Q2: They look like friends, family, relatives to each other. What’s Naadam Festival for?

A: It’s a huge event of sports and traditional culture and we can see which guy is powerful with many sports.

Q3: Mongolians seem good at gathering and being united. What should we do to unit peaceful as you guys do?

A: well, it’s not easy to gather as one. How about what if we participate  sports and cultural event as an internatioanl team (with people from around the world), would it be easier.

Q4: I agree with that. I don’t draw huge picture for World Peace. I hope to held that kinds of events. In this question, you should think realistically.

Do you think World PEACE IS POSSIBLE?

A: Yes, It will be someday when we want.

I enjoyed Naadam festival with Mongolian and MANNAM international friends. It was great opportunity to get to know about Mongolian and beauty of their culture.