On Tuesday, June 1, Mongolians celebrated Children's Day. It is a holiday that is between the United States' 4th of July and Memorial Day in how it's celebrated. It's a day off from work for many people (so we didn't have our language class), and families get together with one another. Parents take their children to celebrations around the city (at least, that's how it's done in Ulaanbaatar!). There were huge celebrations in the middle of the city, which is where we presently live until fall. So, we walked down to Sukhbattar Square and mingled with the crowds. There were very few American and European people...mostly Mongolian. Parents were taking their children to get ice cream, paying for camel rides (the photo above shows a camel ride in front of parliament and the Chinggis Khaan Memorial in Sukhbattar Square), see singers on the stages (there were about six stages set up around the perimeter of the Square), shoot basketballs into baskets, buy kites, and "fight the crowd". There were several TV stations covering the event, and Micah was approached for an interview (I'm sure the reporter thought, "Hey, an American teen for Mongolian Children's Day!"). He was interviewed with about three questions in English. Here's a picture of him being interviewed!
The crowning glory of our celebration was an American burger and fries at a restaurant creatively called, "American Burger and Fries".
I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this cute little one...in Mongolian language, "cute child" is "horhung whocdoit". Say this with an adoring voice, and you have a perfect caption for this photo!
3 comments:
Oooooh, 'horhung whocdoic'... uh, er, I mean, 'what a cute child'!!
Looks like a fun event!
:) Mom
micah's hair!!!! i didnt even recognize him! why and when did this go down?
That's a pretty horhung whocdoit getting interviewed, too! (Spell check sure doesn't like Mongolian words.)
You all look so happy...fun celebration, or reveling in the burgers and fries?
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