Mongolian Traditional Clothing: Comfort and Elegance - P1/2

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http://SupremeMasterTV.com -- Mongolian Traditional Clothing: Comfort and Elegance - P1/2 (In Mongolian). Episode: 1789, Air Date: 8 August 2011. Today's A Journey through Aesthetic Realms will be presented in Mongolian, with subtitles in Arabic, Aulacese (Vietnamese), Aulacese (Vietnamese), Chinese, English, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Persian, Portuguese, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Greetings to all your international viewers and friends on behalf of the people of Mongolia. Mongolians have a long history of traditional clothing. Greetings, gracious viewers, and welcome to A Journey through Aesthetic Realms on Supreme Master Television. The nomadic Mongolian people are known for their forthright personality, skilled horsemanship, and regal traditional clothes. The colorful costumes have been developed over the past 2200 years to suit their unique way of life on the rolling steppes. Whether during winter or summer, whether they are camping by a yurt or dancing at a festival, the Mongolian outfit is always protective, comfortable, and elegant. Today, in the first of a 2-part program, we will have an in-depth look at this precious cultural heritage through our interviews with distinguished Mongolian scientist Professor Dulam Sendenjav and participants of the 2010 Mongolian Deel Festival, which honors the clothing heritage of the nation. In the "Secret History of Mongolia," there is a quote by Bodanchir the Wise: "Humans have brotherhood as a deel has a collar." It means that our traditional clothing reflects the king and subordinates and the culture of leadership and being led and united. The traditional outer attire of Mongolians includes a tunic called the deel, the belt, the boots, the hat, the hairdress, as well as accessories. This is our Mongol deel. There are various fashion styles of the Mongol deel. There are deels for kings, aristocrats, and everyday people. The unique thing about the Mongol deel is that it has a collar. Here it is. It has this upper part. Here is the side, down here. And the sleeves are made loose. We made our deel manually using a sewing machine. In the past deels were made by hand. It is trimmed with three lines. Deels for kings and aristocrats were always handmade and had special decorations, cloaks, and hats. Our ancestors used to wear this top. It is open in front. Sleeves are loose. It has such a lower part. Married Mongolian women wear an outer garment over the deel call "uuj." It conveys high morals and trustfulness. There is a saying that "a woman without an 'uuj' is a peaceful woman." This means that a woman who is not married has no responsibility on her back and has freedom. Once she puts on an "uuj," it means that her responsibility becomes heavier and greater for the family. If they become a widow, they take off the "uuj." This is the clothing of a woman, married and living with her husband. The belt represents dignity and protection of fortune for Mongolian men, and must be handled with care. When two men exchange their belts, it symbolizes their promise to support each other through good as well as challenging times. It is said that a man's destiny is kept in his belt. That is why belts are not to be placed somewhere randomly or down on the ground, and when one is sleeping it is kept tied in a special pattern called a "rabbit ear." If there is one thing that's more sacred than the belt, it would be the hat, as it is always placed on top of the belt and other clothes when they are not in use. A Mongol hat has such a shape. To start from the top, a Mongolian hat always has this red ribbon. This ribbon is tied making a special pattern and design called "ulzii." This flame symbolizes that the Mongol nation is always kept upward like a flame. Hence, Mongolians are called "Red-ribbon Mongolians." A raised top represents high saintly mountains. Inside it is blue, symbolizing a high mountain becoming a blue ocean. From here, tassels come out with 64 or 32 pieces hanging down. This symbolizes 32 and 64 ethnic groups that spread out from the Mongol nation. The highlights of a Mongolian wife's costume include the deel, the hat and hairdress, and the ornaments made of silver and jewelry. People can see whether a woman is married or not. The clothing shows. Deels for married women have pleats in the shoulders. Yet, deels for young girls have no such a thing, and this is called "tatakham." This is all for young girls, front and back. This is a knife. Girls get married and live with their in-laws. When a daughter gets married, parents prepare a full set of clothing for her. This has all necessary utensils. A knife. It is a very useful household tool. Can you take it out and show it to us? This is a knife. This is a lighter. Woman work in kitchen and had to have lighter. This i