Lamjav
Basic information
Interviewee ID: 990080
Name: Lamjav
Parent's name: Dondov
Ovog: Hongor
Sex: m
Year of Birth: 1940
Ethnicity: Halh
Additional Information
Education: higher
Notes on education:
Work: mathematician
Belief: none
Born in: Saihan sum, Bulgan aimag
Lives in: Bayangol sum (or part of UB), Ulaanbaatar aimag
Mother's profession: herder
Father's profession: herder
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Summary of Interview 090774A with Lamjav
The final part of Lamjav’s interview continues in his native land, Saihan sum of Bulgan aimag. Since D. Lamjav gave his interview in his native land he talked very extensively about his childhood, the place where his parents lived, the rivers and the lakes, their peculiarities, the weather condition, the jokes about the river Orhon made up by the local citizens. The names of the rivers are being changed here and there, and he also mentioned that in the olden times the herders grazed their cattle from horseback, but nowadays they graze them with speedy transportation (motorcycle, vehicle). His younger brother D. Namhai also gave his oral history interview and the first part of it he gave at the pasture land while grazing his sheep. His had problems with his legs therefore he couldn’t ride a horse and he grazed his sheep driving a vehicle.
