A glimpse into the daily life of a Mongolian teenager at the millennium's turn.
In short: In 2000, researchers captured candid footage of nomadic and urban Mongolian life for a Penn Museum exhibition. This specific interview features nineteen-year-old Battulga, the son of Dr. Bumaa, offering a rare, unedited look at a family living in Ulaanbaatar during a period of national transition.
The footage was recorded by Dr. Paula L.W. Sabloff, Tom Gillern, and Heather Marshall as part of a project supporting the 2001 exhibition, Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan. The team traveled across the country to document diverse lifestyles, ranging from the vast steppes to the capital city.
This specific segment captures the domestic environment of Dr. Bumaa’s family in Ulaanbaatar. Viewers see the interior of their blue apartment building, observe family food preparation, and watch a brief, staged moment of Battulga pretending to sleep in his room alongside his father, Ganbold, and his brother.
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