Nomads usually do not have four hot plates and an oven as cooking is usually done on a portable stove. Often there are one-pot dishes where everything is cooked in one big pot. Since the times of Genghis Khan, cooking with heated stones, the khorkhoh, has also been very popular. In this process, the meat is placed in a closed vessel enclosed by hot stones.
Of Mongolia's three million citizens, 94 % are Mongolians, making Mongolia an ethnically homogeneous country. The majority of the population professes Tibetan Buddhism. The cultural self-image of the Mongols, including that of the city dwellers, is still closely linked to the traditions of the nomadic society, which has shaped the material and spiritual culture of the country and its people for thousands of years.
The Mongolians are a unique, very traditional and extremely warm and hospitable people - especially outside the big cities. If you pass by a nomadic family in the countryside as a stranger, you are usually treated like a friend or family member: they serve fermented milk and traditionally made goat cheese.
The most sparsely populated country in the world offers travelers extremely untouched nature and some absolutely lonely, impressive locations. Nature is waiting for you to discover it - whether you travel on foot, on the back of a camel or in an off-road vehicle through the Gobi Desert, wide valleys, high mountains, raging rivers and huge lakes.
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The time difference from Central Europe is +7 hours.
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