Mobicom sent me this SMS over lunch today:
TA Olymp uzeheer tolovloj baigaa bol gar utastaigaa aylaarai.Hytad uls dahi ROAMING uilchilgeeni yria, message-n tariff 8-r saryn tursh 10% hymdraltai. MobiCom
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Mobicom sent me this SMS over lunch today:
TA Olymp uzeheer tolovloj baigaa bol gar utastaigaa aylaarai.Hytad uls dahi ROAMING uilchilgeeni yria, message-n tariff 8-r saryn tursh 10% hymdraltai. MobiCom
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Any night at 2am, Mongol Huushuur is the only food spot open in the 11th. Guaranteed to be at least two taxis parked out front at that hour, even on a Sunday. I just got my late night eat on after finishing a narrative for one of my research sites. 3 huushuur and 1 suutei tsai. I'm going often enough at odd hours of the night, that I'm declaring this my Mongolian Top Dog. Still on the lookout for Kingpin, but I think there can only be one. If Dave Attell ca. 2002 were to do an Ulaanbaatar show, this would be his starting point.
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My reason for being quiet on the blog front has actually had little to do with the election aftermath and more with my preoccupation with ethnographic narratives. Naadam began on Friday, but I've been working through it in an effort to prepare for team-based data analysis later this month.
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Following the previous post, I've created a map showing the results of the Mongolian parliamentary election in Ulaanbaatar by party. One key difference between Ulaanbaatar and the countryside is the presence of MPs who are not from the two main parties, three in total: one independent (Z. Altai), one from the Civil Coalition Party (D. Enkhbat), and one from the Civil Will Party (S. Oyun). Khan-Uul, Baganuur, and Bagakhangai (the 3 purple ones) together form a single toirog (electoral district), as do Bayanzurkh and Nalaikh (the two on right that look a bit like interlocking puzzle pieces).
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Around 4pm Bilguun linked to the official results posted on songuuli.mn, noting that "it's very poorly formatted". To help get a better understanding of how the votes break down, I created the below red-blue map. Aimags where МАХН (MPRP) won all seats are shown in red, aimags where АН (Democratic Party) won all seats are shown in blue, and - as shown in the legend - the other colors show aimags with mixed results. These are only the countryside results, which account for 56 of the 76 seats in Parliament (Ih Hural). The white sections are Ulaanbaatar (including Nalaih and Baganuur), which is where the other 20 seats come from. The grey are lakes. Click for larger image.
This is a modification of the map of Mongolia's aimags created by Bogomolov.PL.
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These are the 5 new morning headlines from news.mn, posted as of 930am:
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The best sources of photos I've seen are from Will Swanson (riots, state of emergency). Altan Zam has been writing about what it's like here in Ulaanbaatar these last two days, and also links to other relevant blogs - see posts from Wed-2-Jul through Thurs-3-Jul. As always, the best updates on the political situation are coming from Asian Gypsy.
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State musicians from the Morin Huuriin Chuulga (Horsehead Fiddle
Ensemble) and the Philharmonic Orchestra assess the damage the day after
the riots in Ulaanbaatar. Attacks on the Central Cultural Palace
resulted in considerable damage and loss to instruments, costumes, and
repertoire, including original manuscripts. Original footage shot by
Tugsuu today.
Woman shown at beginning is holding a fragment of her cello that was smashed.
From Asian Gypsy: The National Chamber of Commerce and Industry has set up a donation fund for the public to contribute in the rebuilding process of these cultural centres. Further details are available on news.mn.
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The best footage of the protest (see previous posts if you don't know the context) is from Eagle TV. Even though they have been forbidden from broadcasting in Mongolia, they have posted new content online today. Their footage from yesterday is excellent. Look for #1-8 of "МАХН-ын байрны өмнө болсон үйл явдал". Ta nar "MAXH-iin bairiin umnu bolson uil yavdal" 1-naas 8-nd uzeerei.
Here are links to YouTube videos of the protests from Al Jazeera, AP, and BBC, respectively. Posting these here since search on YouTube isn't so great.
Protests over Mongolian election (BBC - embedding disabled)
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