Red Roses in the Snow: Mongolia Celebrates Women's Day

There is another blogger out there in blogland with regular posts on what is so amazing about Mongolia. If i had a series like that, i would have had good one today. When I stepped out of an overpopulated State Department Store, i have to make my way through people selling red roses, people buying red roses, people looking at red roses, people carrying red roses and the rest probably already bought/sold/saw/carried their red roses earlier today.
And during this rose extravaganza, small white snow flakes were coming down from the sky while the mercury was still well subzero. Amazing.

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Mongolia in Star Wars

There are a few Mongolian influences in the series of Star Wars Movies. First of all there is Queen Amidala of Star Wars Episode I, her senate costume was inspired by a Mongolian traditional garment worn by noble women.
See a comparison of her dress with traditional Mongolian noble dresses. For more information on Mongolian traditional dresses see this article in Mongolia Today.

Another Mongolian influence is to be found in the language of the Ewoks, supposedly a blend of Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali languages. I didn't have any luck hearing Mongolian words however....

Not so much related to the movies is the visit of one of the actors to Mongolia on a motor trip, where he wanted to adopt an orphanage.