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For Mongols who live in close tune with the Nature, sex and sexuality are something
very natural. From the very childhood nomadic kids could see the mating and birthing of
animals. In addition, according to Buddhist canons, sex is even considered as a part of
healthy way of live.
A renowned Buddhist priest, Danzan Ravjaa, who ruled the South Gobi a century ago,
produced for his followers a special tractate on sex techniques accompanied with his own,
108 exquisitely made drawings. Knowledgeable about Tantric traditions, he considered sex
as a natural way of reaching a physical and moral harmony for humans.
Another question often asked by outsiders is how Mongols make love in a relatively
small gher (nomadic dwelling) with no rooms and three generations under same roof? There
are several ways to go around. As for the space, as soon as a young couple decides
“to share a pillow,” they would be given a separate gher as a wedding gift,
usually coming from the groom’s family side and the furniture or cattle- from
bride’s side. In addition, during warm seasons, the entire surrounding nature is
available for the love games.
This was depicted by Russian producer Sergei Michalkov in his “Urga, the Territory
of Love” film in which urga (a long wooden pole with a rope ring at one end used for
catching horses) stuck in ground warns passing people of a couple nearby.
When children get elder, they often sleep in a separate, small gher reserved for
preserving various extra utensils. Those of readers who ride horses should know something
about its secret sides, and since Mongols are natural horse riders, they also know strange
well the twists of human fantasy.
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