Mongols in Sacramento area salute their culture - Around the valley - Modbee.com: "One sunny Sunday earlier this month, several hundred Mongols gathered in a parking lot in Citrus Heights to celebrate Genghis Khan's 850th birthday and the opening of the Mongolian Cultural Center.
They grew misty-eyed at the sounds of the steppes: a horse-headed instrument with two strings reminiscent of a wild horse neighing, and an epic ballad celebrating the vast skies, grasslands and forests of Mongolia.
For 70 years under Soviet rule, Mongolians were forbidden to celebrate Genghis Khan. But in Sacramento they can keep their storied history alive while taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by American education, free enterprise and free speech."
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