The Truth Lies In Bedtime Stories

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In this 10th and final episode, we tie up the loose ends of the story of Mongolia's only deep-sea navigator, in the process telling the unforgettable story of The Tallest Woman in Mongolia.

Music Notes:

the music used in this episode was recorded by the great ethnomusicologist Jean Jenkins in the spring of 1974, at a (then) permanent encampment near the Mongolian capital, Ulaan Baatar.

It comes from a CD of Mongolian music produced for Topic World Series. The title is Ort Saikhan, 'My Beautiful Brown Horse'.

The lyrics of the song are a homage to the horse of such legendary patriotic devotion, he ran 2000 kilometres back from Beijing to die in his Mongolian homeland.

Our edit, however, doesn·t include any of these words.

The singer on this track was the famous long song singer Dorj Dawa, who was then reckoned to be in his 70s.

But we don't hear his voice in the parts of the track we used.

Dorj Dawa was accompanied by two unnamed musicians, one playing the Morin Khur (horsehead fiddle) the other an unidentified type of Mongolian flute.

The bits we've used, however, don't use anything with the flute.

We don't even hear his voice in the parts of the track we used.

Like we say, facts are important, sometimes.

Written, Produced & Narrated by SternWriter

Audio Production by Samuel Wain

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While Ganbaatar mourns his hopeless situation, Professor Dalai has another vision and decides to think it through.

Music Notes:

the first piece of music in this episode is called Dari Ekhlin Burilba (which means exactly what it sounds like), the second Dörvön Uul (Four Mountains).

Both tracks are traditional songs recorded in 1992 by the Mandukhai Ensemble.

The music from this episode was recorded by ethnomusicologist Jean Jenkins in the spring of 1974, and is taken from the CD of Mongolian music produced for Topic World Series.

Written, Produced & Narrated by SternWriter

Audio Production by Samuel Wain

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We finally discover Professor Dalai's new vision, and Ganbaatar's unique role in it.

Music Notes:

this episode's music is a traditional song called Ulgeriin Kholboo, 'Lacework of Fairy Tales, recorded in 1992 by the Mandukhai Ensemble.

Written, Produced & Narrated by SternWriter

Audio Production: Samuel Wain

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While Ganbaatar mourns his hopeless situation, Professor Dalai has another vision and decides to think it through.

Music Notes:

The music from this episode was recorded by ethnomusicologist Jean Jenkins in the spring of 1974, and is taken from the CD of Mongolian music produced for Topic World Series.

Monghur plays his own composition for solo yatga (a type of Mongolian zither), entitled Hoir sit gild (The Love of Two Young Men).

There's some debate about the authenticity of modern yatga (or yataga). Once a standard instrument in court music, the Mongolian version fell into disuse, and the instrument played by Monghur is likely to be derived from the Korean version of the zither.

Similar instruments are also staples of Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese court ensembles.

Written, Produced & Narrated by SternWriter

Audio Production by Samuel Wain

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His studies complete, Ganbaatar returns home to discover his fate...

Music Notes:

The music from this episode was recorded by ethnomusicologist Jean Jenkins in the spring of 1974, and is taken from the https://www.discogs.com/release/11785..." CD of Mongolian music produced for Topic World Series.

It's a short form song called Garyn Arvan Huriin (Ten Fingers of the Hand), and is performed by Monyi, a camel herder from south-west Mongolia.

The lyrics tell of 'long straight fingers with a ring of pure gold', and ask why her lover has hemmed his sleeves in black silk, and given his love to a foreigner.

Garyn Arvan Huriin was a popular song in the 70s, often played on state radio, where Monyi may well have first heard it.

Written, Produced and Narrated by SternWriter

Audio Production by Samuel Wain

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We discover what Ganbaatar did during his years of overseas study at the top Soviet Institute for The Study of All Things Fishy.

Music Notes:

The music for this episode was recorded by the Mandhukai Ensemble around 1993 on an Air Mail Music compilation. Its title is 'Zandan Khuren'.

The main instruments used are the limbe (a transverse flute), the syanz (a three-string lute), the yoocin (a dulcimer), the dörbön utas-tai huur (a four-string fiddle), as well as some percussion..

Written, Produced & Narrated by SternWriter

Audio Production: Samuel Wain

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We discover how Ganbaatar, having made what he thought was a long journey from the lake at the very top of Mongolia to the national capital, now makes an even longer journey, embarking on his uniquely odd odyssey.

Music Notes: The throat singing is from a recording of the Mandukhai Ensenble around 1992. It's a traditional song called 'Khuumii'.

Written, Produced and Narrated by SternWriter

Audio Production by Samuel Wain.

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we discover how, having made what he thought was a long journey from the lake at the very top of Mongolia to the national capitol, Ganbaatar's unique journey began.

Music Notes: The throat singing is from a recording of the Mandukhai Ensenble around 1992. It's a traditional song called 'Khuumii'.

Written, Produced and Narrated by SternWriter

Audio Production by Samuel Wain

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This episode introduces Ganbaatar, and his unlikely origins as the Only Deep Sea Navigator in Mongolia.

Music Notes: The lake shanty is as recorded by SternWriter by Lake Huvsgul in 2000.

Batbayan (top left in the thumbnail image) is the lead singer.

The flute and zither music is the traditional long song ‘Khan Khokhlin Ujanga’, performed by the Mandukhai Ensemble around 1992.

Written, produced and narrated by SternWriter.

Audio Production by Samuel Wain.

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The truth lies in this barely-credible story of how #Mongolia, one of the world's most landlocked nations, came to have a qualified deep-sea navigator, and the remarkable and unexpected consequences of this remarkable and unexpected accident.

Ep 1 sets up the world from which this story unfolds , and the critical role stories play in Mongolia.

The Story of Ganbaatar - the only Deep Sea Navigator in Mongolia, is written, produced and narrated by SternWriter

Audio production is by Samuel Wain

The music used in this episode was recorded by the great ethnomusicologist Jean Jenkins in the spring of 1974, at a (then) permanent encampment near the Mongolian capital, Ulaan Baatar.

It comes from a CD of Mongolian music produced for Topic World Series. The song is Ort Saikhan, ‘My Beautiful Brown Horse’. Its lyrics are a homage to the horse of such legendary patriotic devotion, he ran 2000 kilometres back from Beijing to die in his Mongolian homeland.

Our edit, however, doesn’t include any of these words.

The singer on this track was the famous long song singer Dorj Dawa, who was then reckoned to be in his 70s.

But we don’t hear his voice in the parts of the track we used.

Dorj Dawa was accompanied by two unnamed musicians, one playing the Morin Khur (horsehead fiddle) the other an unidentified type of Mongolian flute.

The bits we’ve used, however, don’t use anything with the flute.

Like we say, facts are important, sometimes.