Explore MONGOLIA!

An informational blog about Mongolian culture, traditions, and modern life by Peace Corps Volunteer Merrie Winfrey and her Mongolian students for the students, teachers, and parents at G.W. Carver Elementary School in Salem, Virginia, U.S.A.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Flat Stanley Visits Choibalsan from Virginia!

This is Merrie's kitchen. I have a guest blogger today--Flat Stanley! He's visiting me from the Jolly Rogers class at Nott...

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Mongolian Games and Sports

Mongolian kids play many of the same games that American kids play. Soccer (called football in Mongolia), basketball, volleyball, and ping ...

Mongolian Holidays

Hafsa tower and sheep butt at Tsagaan Sar celebration. Tsagaan Sar —Tsagaan Sar is a holiday that celebrates the lunar new year. Tsag...

Monday, May 30, 2011

Mongolian Food

Mongolian Food Khuushuur Mongolian food is very different from American food. The Mongolian diet is rooted in the herder culture. Years a...

Mongolian Clothes

Today Mongolians mostly wear what Americans wear—jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes. But there are traditional Mongolian clothes called dels, tha...

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About Me

Merrie Winfrey: Mongolia; My name is Merrie Winfrey, and as of June 3, 2010, I am a Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Mongolia.

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