The Fuchsia Bow Master! Targets shake in fear at his appearance.
- This Buryat archer is kickin’ it old school with the braid. Surharban, Ulan-Ude circa 1924. This is probably the Fuchsia Bow Master’s Grandfather. (The photo was found here.)
Surharban is here again, that Siberian nomadic summer classic where Buryats gather to wrestle, race horses, and demonstrate their archery prowess. Buryats dancing, Buryats singing, Buryats carrying on, slurping the juices from inside hot pozi, downing cup after cup of milk tea as they laugh with their friends. It is a good day to be Buryat, to remember the nomadic days on Siberian steppe, and to see your family relations from all the outlying villages. Archers loose, wrestlers grunt, and off dash the mounted horses under a smiling Asian sun.
Buryat wrestlers show us how it’s done at Surharban, around the turn of the century.
Buryat Wrestlers continue the tradition in 2010.
We are not up in the mix of all that hullabaloo this year, we miss it indeed. But you can admire some photos from Surharbans of yore, and you can check out a recent Surharban experience here. Please pray for our Buryats!
Buryats on parade at the opening of Surharban. What finery!
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