Horse culture in Mongolia

Horse culture plays a large role in the daily and national life in Mongolia. It is traditionally said that "A Mongol without a horse is like a bird without wings." Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, who travelled through Mongolia in 1911, observed, "To appreciate the Mongol you must see him on horseback,—and indeed you rarely see him otherwise, for he does not put foot to ground if he can help it.

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