Mongolian Wedding by Stanley Stewart as Entertaining and Educational

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Mongolian Wedding by Stanley Stewart as Entertaining and Educational

Introduction

StanleyStewart is a well known writer for his travel books. He has won

various awards. He writes about travel in the broadsheet newspapers.

Mongolian wedding is taken from and account of a 1000 mile horseback

ride from Istanbulacross mountains and deserts of central Asia.

Stanley uses Mongolian words like Ger, arki ECT, for authenticity of

the piece. The passage is a lively piece; it has humored all the way

through. Mongolian wedding is informative, entertaining and amusing.

Stewart uses himself as the first person narrator. He is interested in

other people's culture and emotions. He describes places which are

remote, often dangerous and unglamorous. He uses original language

often of a literary kind. Stanley aims to educate readers by telling

us the absurdity of marriage rituals and ceremonies, "When the arrived

the groom would be obliged to search for his bride who by tradition

must hide from him"

Stewart respects the Mongolians and they respect him. You can tell

that they respect him because on Ln1-6 they warn him about themselves.

They say that the following day would be difficult, Weddings are

boisterous occasions. People can become unpredictable. He was advised

to get away early before anything got out of hand. This is the

beginning of the story and already it has humor involved in it. A

Mongolian wedding is much different to a wedding in the west.

"Biscuits, slabs of white cheese and boiled sweets had been arrayed on

every surface"……. "Plate of sheep's parts, cut with the favored cut,

the great fatty tail, like a grey glacier on a summit"

In a Mongolian wedding they pick up their bride from a Ger their

equivalent to a house and drive then in a hired Russian truck for the

occasion. A Russian truck is the equivalent of the wedding Rolls. In

the wedding Steward meets two families numbering 50 or 60 people, they

traditionally each guest had to drink three bowls of airag and three

of arkhi, both are alcoholic drinks.

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