Mongolia Part IV: Tenger Ayalguu Music performance (Part X)

Contortionism. It's a popular in Mongolia art in Mongolia, and one which completely boggles my mind. Young girls train their bodies and become both strong and flexible so they manage to do things like this. After a certain age, they can no longer do it because their bodies have developed too much. The girl in this video was probably 9-11 years old.

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• nuodai
• mongolia
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• performance
• монгол
• улс
• говь

[smadaf]

Did they tell you about that age-limit stuff on the contortionism? I've seen, in other cultures, contortionists with the same flexibility who are obviously fully into adulthood; you can find some videos of them on YouTube. Also, is it your impression that Mongolians are, on average, taller than some other groups in that part of the world?

[nuodai]

They told us about the ages, yeah. Mongolians were actually generally shorter than average, as are many people from those parts.

[ralucagymnast]

Is she really only 9-11 years old??She looks a lot older than that. She looks maybe 14 or 15, just looking at her body development. She is lovely-graceful, strong, and flexible, without being freakishly overflexible like some of the Mongolian contortionists. She looks classy and mature.

[smadaf]

I thought they might be shorter; but, then, something about these musicians seemed tall—and the contortionist seemed tall for a 9- to 11-year-old. Maybe it's just how their clothes fit, or other things. Or is there any possibility of lenticular distortion or an anomaly of aspect ratio in your vid? (Btw, thanks for always answering my questions. :))

[ankofae]

That's amazing. ^^ Gah. When I was a younger, I used to want to be a contortionist, but now I'm pretty sure I can never accomplish that. xD

[Kyuuketsuki000]

damn!!!

[sadeeca]

Aua! I just get pain, when only watch that :-)) she has really flexibale body. Good performance!

[KrisShred]

Really fascinating ^^

[COV3RT]

actually that's not true. there are many 20yrs and even older contortionists, its just that no-one really wants to see a middle-aged woman doing things like that... so they become coaches instead

[GothicTwig]

That was freakin awsome and crazy at the sametime.