"A film by Byambasuren Davaa" "Two Horses of Genghis Khan" "Dear grandmother..." "When I remember the head of horse-head fiddle that you gave me... my heart aches so much." "When I see that head of a horse-headed fiddle without its body... memories of my relatives who were separated." "Although it had magical words on its body," "Time had won over its body and broke it." "To revive this horse-head fiddle was your last wish." "Today, I'm going from Inner Mongolia to Mongolia." "I have dreamed of coming here, but it was not the right time." "I'm going to meet horse-head fiddle ensemble in Ulaanbaatar." "With them I really want to sing "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"." "I hope this song is alive in the hearts of the people of Mongolia." "But first, I have to complete the lyrics of this song which was written on this body of horse-head fiddle." " Hello!" " How do you do?" "I want to go to the city center." " That way." " This way?" "Thank you." "Play again." "Two melodies are interacting with each other." "Pay attention please." "Play your D clearly." "Don't lag behind." "What?" " There's a woman who wants to meet you." " How do you do?" " How do you do?" " Are you the teacher Batchuluun?" " Yes, that's me." " My name is Urna." " Did you have a nice trip?" "I had a nice trip." "How are you?" "Having a good summer?" "Yes." "Having a good summer?" "Now let's meet the musicians of our ensemble." "Let's meet our singer Urna from Inner Mongolia." " Hello to you all!" " Hello!" "I've heard about horse-head fiddle ensemble many times before." "But only today I met you." "I also heard about you before." "I thank you, because you're a hero who popularized Mongolian culture in the west." "What is your purpose for coming here?" "My purpose here is to do a research of the word and melody of a song "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"" "In Inner Mongolia, there are several types of this song exist." "I heard about this song also exists in many forms in Mongolia." "So I decided to come here and study it." "In Mongolia, there's a legend about two horses of Genghis khan." "During the war, these two horses protected Genghis Khan." "While in peace time, they were the supporters of their master." "In the song, the words go as the older horse instructs the younger one." "On behalf of out ensemble, I wish you success for your aspirations to study this precious song." "Of Genghis khan" "Two Horses of Genghis Khan" "Very appropriate." "Especially this side." "Mother Earth, please give me your" "Well, who made this fiddle?" "I have no idea." "From the look of the sign, it was used by some aristocrat." "From what my grandmother told me, it is a very old horse-head fiddle." "Well..." "It had a song lyrics on its body." "Have you heard about the song called "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"?" "I heard about it, but I don't know it." "I came from a far country." "Please, can you make a body for this fiddle?" "If I repair it in an old style, I would use horse tail." "White horse tail sounds more melodious." "My only wish is to revive it in its original style." "Do you play fiddle?" " No, I don't." "I used to play Yangqin in China." "But now I'm a singer." "Why did you quit playing?" "In China, there are 56 nationalities." "When I study in" "Shanghai, I used to go out and hear other ethnic music." "But almost all of them had some kind of" "Chinese melody to it." "It was a real tragedy." "I learnt many things from those experiences." "So I decided to sing my ethnic songs in their pure form." "Are you Mongolian?" "Yes I am." " I am sorry." "I doubted a bit, because you wore deel (traditional clothing)." "What of it?" "This is a nice deel." "In the city, people don't wear deel anymore." "Mostly tourists wear deel." "What if I was a tourist?" " Oh, I paint for a living." "Are you a painter?" " Although I am a herder, now" "I paint, I sing, I do khuumii (throat singing)." "Do you sing?" " Yes." "Have you heard about "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"?" " No, but I heard about the legend." "What is it like living in the city?" " For me, it's not bad." "I paint and sing." "But many people lead a hard life here." "Some of them even collect trash." "Why come here instead of living in the countryside?" " Because of gold." "Gold mining destroys pasture for livestock." "In the summer, there's not enough rain." "In the winter, harsh weather kills the livestock." "For some of the people it's very hard to live." "Please forgive me for talking rubbish." "What's your name anyway?" "Urna." " Enkhnaran." "My surname is Tsahar Tugchi." " Mine is Olkhonud." "Alright, nice to meet you." "Now I should mend my business." " Nice to meet you too." "Hope to see you again." "Thank you, good bye." "Which way are you going?" " Bumbugur." "Where do you want to go?" " To north." "To the train station." "This is our Ordos song." " Thank you, it was a great song." "I didn't catch some of the words." "Are there any Chinese words?" " No way." "This is our Mongolian traditional song." "In Inner Mongolia, all the people sing this song." "Inner Mongolia is part of People's Republic of China, isn't it?" " What?" "It is part of People's Republic of China, isn't it?" "There's no such country as China." "You should say it as the Middle Country." " Oh, really?" "If you ask some Chinese, they won't answer Hangguo instead they will answer Zhongguo." "What's that mean?" " It means the Middle Country." "The Middle Country has 56 nationalities." "For example, Inner" "Mongolians, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Khotons and Han Chinese." "Alright, I understood that China is consisted of 56 nationalities, is that right?" "Don't say China." "Say the Middle Country." " Alright, I understand." "I couldn't get in touch with you." "Now I'm on my way to the countryside." "Oh really?" "I'm on mountaintop, so I have a network." "Really?" "That would be bad." "No way." "That's a really old horse-head fiddle." "I think that..." "Hello?" "Hello?" "I thought that you would bind a new body for my fiddle head." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "What should I do?" "There's no network." "What should I do now?" " Send a text message." "Then what?" " Go ahead and text." "Can we send it?" " Let's see what happens." "Tell me what to text." " That's an old horse-head fiddle." "Please don't detruncate it." "I'm sorry." ""Please don't detruncate it." "I'm sorry."" " Yes." "How can we send it?" "Is that all?" " Yes." "Is it sent?" "No." "It doesn't work." " What should we do?" "Press send and throw it in the air." "Please try hard." "Is it sent?" "Sent." "Now I'm relieved." "It's your phone." "Thank you very much." "We should have throw Urna with her phone." "Let's sing a song." "Don't worry." "It will move." "One, two, three." "One, two, three." "One, two, three." "One, two, three." "What should we do now?" "It's your fault to lead us to the wrong way." "It's going to rain." "It's going to be very hard for us." "It's going to be tough." "Dear grandmother..." "Although it was broken you loved your horse-head fiddle head." "So I couldn't had it cut again." "My purpose of coming here is to revive my horse-head fiddle." "What should I do?" "First, I will try to find the song I'm searching." "Let's wait for how things turn out." "Did you rest well?" " Yes I did." "I slept too much and left alone." "We have so much work that we have to get up early." " Eat some." "Are you coming here from so far and only for milk." "I have another reason to be here." "Do you sing?" " I'm not a singer." "But I sing in my own way." "Mongolians say that if we open our mouth we sing." " When I herd my livestock I sing." "You sing for your livestock, but not for me?" "I'm not that good." " You must be a singer." "Do you sing?" " No." "Do you know a song called "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"?" " I heard about it, but don't know how to sing." "I have a wish to find this song." "Tomorrow, a wedding will be held near." " How nice." "On that wedding, many singers will get together." " But can I go to that wedding?" "They will come here and get kumiss from us." "Really?" " Yes, for the wedding." "Will they take me to the wedding?" " I hope so, I'll tell them." "If I go there, what will happen to the other guys who stuck?" " Don't worry about them." "We sent food to them." "How come you guys got stuck here?" " During the night, we lost track." "You should have go the other way?" "By which way?" " You should have turn round through there, or by there." "North?" " Yes." "We couldn't see a thing." " It's difficult if you don't know the way." "You're such a kind kid bringing here kumiss and food." "Are there Mongolian gers (yurts)?" "We used to live in gers." "Ordos is the southernmost tip of Inner Mongolia." "We herders led a nomadic way of life." "We used to move from one pasture to another." "But when we move again to our previous pasture, where Chinese people came and settled." "Many songs were born out of sorrow and love for our country during that era." "So because of the invading Chinese settlers, we had to live in houses to protect our land." "It's so nice here, you have to protect the land from the mining companies." " 5." " 3." "Preparations for the wedding ready?" " It's all settled now." "This kumiss smells good." "How will Urna go there with you?" " It's difficult with this can." "I thought you would come with a car." " Mud is hard for a car." "I felt bad inside." "So I had to come out." "Stand here in the wind a little." " Yes, that'll do." "Can I ask you a question?" " Go ahead." "Do you know a song called "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"?" "I don't know." "Do you know a song called "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"?" " Our generation don't know that kind of song." "Elders might know it." "We should have done that way." "Nowadays, things change." "Do you sing a song called "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"?" " No." "No way." "Man should speak straightforwardly." "Thank you." " You're welcome." "Sorry for interrupting you." " It's alright." "How do you do?" "Did you had a good trip?" "I have a question for you?" "Do you know an old song called "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"?" " Don't know." "Have you heard about it before?" " No." ""Two Horses of Genghis Khan"?" " Yes." "I have heard about it." "I would be glad if you tell me who knows this song." ""Two Horses of Genghis Khan"." " Try to remember." ""Two Horses of Genghis Khan"." "I might know some of the lyrics." "But I don't know how to sing it." "I had a book with that song." "But this pal of mine took it." "Where is that book now?" "I don't have it." "He knows it." " Where could it be now?" "Have you heard about it?" " No." "I have no idea." "Well, you know a lot of songs." "I memorize them when people sing." "Does your granny sing?" " Yes." "Do you sing with your granny?" " Yes." "I've seen many beautiful things." "I asked from many people." "But my search is in vain." "It's somewhat disappointing." "Grandmother, I wish you were here." "It's unbearable to cut your horse-head fiddle." "But old ones have to move away for the new." "Now, wait a little more." "Should I put it down?" " Yes." "Hello." " How do you do?" "I want to speak to Ulaanbaatar." " Line is off." "Line is off?" "Really?" " Yes." "Can I send this letter?" " Post office is there." "Thank you." "How do you do?" " Hello!" "I have to send this letter to Ulaanbaatar." "We can't send letters with an address written in old Mongolian script." "You have to write the address in cyrillic." "I only learnt old Mongolian." " You have to write it in cyrillic." "But I can't write in cyrillic Mongolian." "He is the same man who will receive it." "Hicheengui Sambuu." "From whom?" " Urna." "Here you can put your post stamp." " Thank you very much." "Dear Hicheengui, How do you do?" "Forgive me for not sending this letter in no time." "I was so naive to think that I would find what I was searching easily." "But I don't want to leave Mongolia without a thing." "I was so excited when I found a great horse tail for horse-head fiddle." "So I beg you to continue repairing my horse-head fiddle." "See you soon." "Yours sincerely, Urna." "Can I leave it here?" " Yes." "Thank you." " You can put it in a box." "There's a brown box." " Thank you." "Laza, Laza." "I'm Khotont." "Could you check our line from the center?" "I will go down." "How do you do?" "Are you having a good summer?" "I'm searching for a family." "Isn't he coming now from offering?" " He should be coming." "I've been here for little too long." "He should be coming now." "What's happened to your hand?" " It's nothing." "He almost died." " Mom, please shut up." "How can you talk like that to your mother?" "In a vast steppe, two men with motorcycle crashed to each other." "That's why he broke his arm." "His fortune must be degrading." "So I begged him to come here to this shaman." "I had to persuade him for a long time." "In the old times, people used to love and worship nature." "But nowadays, people are trying to dig and mine the land." "That's why deities of nature are angry." "Many people and livestock has been poisoned." "Isn't that right?" "That's not because of the deities." " So what is the cause then?" "Chinese miners had been extract gold from the land with sodium cyanide and then dump the waste to the rivers and land." "That's the poison." "How horrible." "Also in Inner Mongolia, Chinese mines have been destroying nature." "Recently, Mongolian herders with their shovels and horsewhips clashed with the Chinese." "How do you do?" " How do you do?" "Is this Chimed's home?" "Yes it is." "But she's not at home now." "Where did she go?" " She went to her mountain." "Where's the mountain?" " That one over there." "Is that one?" "Which one is it?" "There's a mountain with rock." " Which one of the two?" "It's on the left." " I see." "Thank you." "Please eat some." "Do come in and have some tea." " I'm in a hurry." "Thank you." "Goodbye, have a nice day." "Sister told me to ride this horse." "It is a bit far to the mountain." "How kind of you." "You can give your backpack." " Alright." "Thank you very much." "How do you do?" " How do you do?" "I'm just sitting here, looking at the beautiful nature." "It is a nice occasion for me." "Where are you coming from, my little one?" " I'm from Inner Mongolia." "That's too far." "It's such a beautiful country." "Were you born here?" " Yes indeed." "Did you have many horses?" " What?" "Have you had many horses?" " I have many." "I often lassoed my horses." "Did you lasso horses by yourself?" " Yes, I did." "I trained mares and schooled colts." "I also herded sheep and fetched water." "Did you do it all by yourself?" " I did it all by myself." "I also grew up herding livestock." "My grandmother raised me." "When I was tired my grandmother would carry me on her back and would sing and tell stories." "My grandmother was a popular local singer." "I roamed around and heard that you are a great singer." "I used to sing a lot when I was young." "But now I forgot everything." "I used to sing a lot of long songs." "But I forgot them." "But my grandmother told me that a singer can't forget her songs." "Just when she starts singing she can remember it." "Granny, do you know a song called "Two Horses of Genghis Khan"?" " I don't know." "I don't know." "I forgot everything." "This herb is very good for healing heart, lung and bile diseases." "You can eat it with cream." " Really?" "Can I eat it now?" " Go ahead." "It tastes good." " It's nice." "Because of the Chinese cultural revolution, Inner" "Mongolians couldn't use their old traditional commodities." "We couldn't tell traditional myths and tales." "My grandmother used to tell me that people couldn't sing traditional songs afraid of being imprisoned." "I was a little child then." "Please drink your milk tea." "You should drink first." "Seeing you here makes me think of my grandmother." "My grandmother had an old horse-head fiddle with inscribed words on its body." "During the Cultural revolution, she couldn't keep the whole horse-head fiddle, so she had to cut the head for herself." "She regretted it for a long time." "She told me when good times come the horse-head fiddle and the words inscribed on it will be complete." "What words were inscribed on it?" "The first line reads as follows" "Two Horses of..." "Second line is..." "Kindred..." "I don't know." "And then follows..." "Of Mountain..." "I don't know." "Last line is..." "Our brethren..." "It is not it." "I mixed it with something else." "I forgot the line." "You sang beautifully." "With your blessing, I accomplished my grandmother's dream." "If my grandmother was alive, she would be as old as you."