By Eric Daigh
Circle of Blue

Traditional nomadic culture on the steppes of Inner Mongolia was defined by the insistence of wind, herding, and the search for water. A ballad, performed by Maidar, celebrates what’s left: Air that is rarely still and great expanses of tall grass unfurling like a great waving sea beneath surpassingly huge skies.

Inner Mongolia photos

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