Streaming Video on Mongolian Bow and Workshop (German)

Alam ed Din, Adnan · Post by **Alam ed Din, Adnan** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:13 pm

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/inhalt/1 ... -5,00.html

MJuingong · Post by **MJuingong** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:31 am

Thank you. It was interesting.

Alam ed Din, Adnan · Post by **Alam ed Din, Adnan** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:12 pm

Sorry for not being able to post this video in English.The bowyer is in a city
called Dulaankhaan near the Russian border.His name is Jambaagiin Sukhbaatar.
He said something interesting in the video: he is mainly building
bows for sport (showing a huge target bow).He then says that he wanted to bring back to live the ancient Mongolian tradition of horse archery
which would naturally require a smaller (not gung/Mandchu/Khalka style) bow. He roughly explains the materials his bows are made from(ibex horn, ox sinew, silk thread...etc), and the time it takes to produce one bow (about 4-6 month).His bows are arond 60 pounds draw weight.He says, alltogether they are composed from about 12 - 13 different materials. For some reason the video claims that Jambaagiin Sukhbaatar is the only traditional bowyer left in Mongolia. I don't think this is correct. I have heard from others, alltogether they must be around five or six bowyers.
It says in the video, Jambaagiin Sukhbaatar is a bowmaker in the 13th generation, that he has learned it from his father.They are producing not more than 20 bows a year.In the beginning of the video it talks about the
mongol tactics of quick withdrawal and shooting backward from horseback,or luring the enemy into an ambush as well as of the accuracy of their bows on up to 300m and more.
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Selenge Aimaq: Dulaankhaan describtion-
Dulaankhaan. Sixty two kilometres South of Sukhbaatar, this tiny village in the sum of the same name is worth a stop if you have your own vehicle. Dulaankhaan is home to Mongolia's only bow and arrow factory. Bows and arrows are made from ibex, reindeer horn, bamboo and, even, fish guts. Only 30 to 40 sets are crafted every year because they take about four months to complete. Each set sells for about US$200. It is thought that today less than 10 people in Mongolia know how to make a traditional Mongolian bow.

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:33 am

You may like to relate this video to the following article on ATARN:

http://www.atarn.org/mongolian/dulaan/ltr_jul99.htm

Sukhebaatar is also one of the archers you can see on -

http://www.atarn.org/mongolian/mn_horseback.WMV

S

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:30 am

Is there a way to download this clip?

The computer that I'm using is at university, so being able to take it home to watch it with a better machine and sound would be helpful, as I don't have the web at home.

Although I suppose it isn't possible to download it, as the site owners would want people to keep going back there!

Dave

Alam ed Din, Adnan · Post by **Alam ed Din, Adnan** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:21 am

Dave:
I am not sure if this works, but there are a number of streaming media download tools that might help you. Some have a 15 day trial period:
http://all-streaming-media.com/record-v ... tASFStream
There is a lot of them.....On the above video you can choose between realplayer and wmp, so one of this tools should work.
Steven:
its a good idea to relate this one to the above mentioned articles.

Ray Cover · Post by **Ray Cover** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:18 pm

Thank you very much for posting this.

I enjoyed it a lot.

Ray

Russ Mitchell · Post by **Russ Mitchell** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:09 pm

Anybody else notice the shaved arrow shafts with the flat sides near the nock? Am I seeing that correctly?

Rapsod · Post by **Rapsod** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:49 am

I try few of this "stream media cathers" and noone was good. They download only 3MB of 6MB and than beng!!! I am going to use download studio and maybe wm recorder.