Mongolian marriage (chinaculture.org) Updated: 2013-12-18 Many Engagement Gifts If a Mongolian young man takes a liking for a girl, he should entrust a matchmaker to send gifts such as sugar, tea ...

IV When a Mongolian boy or girl reaches the age of seven years it is customary for the parents to begin to look about among their friends for a suitable engagement for marriage.

A rising divorce rate and lack of mental health services is taking a toll on Mongolia’s youth.

Huddled together inside the marriage ger sit a surreal crowd of characters. Benches have been arranged in the five metre diameter tent and nearly a hundred people are squashed together in here.

If a Mongolian young man takes a liking for a girl, he should entrust a matchmaker to send gifts such as sugar, tea leaves and pastern that symbolize harmony, wetness and prosperity wrapped in a ...