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From June, 20 to July 3, 2005, VII Annual Festival of Arts was held in Mongolia. Member of Artists Union AA Uz Nazira Kuzieva was among guests from Uzbekistan. She offers her impressions about the trip to our readers. The founders of the Mongols, Nukuz and Kiyan with wives hid from enemies in inaccessible canyon of Ergunekun. The belief in spirits of fathers and worshipping felt idols (ongons) helped this tribe to survive in extreme climatic conditions. Having become numerous, the tribe fused the mountain range containing ore and left from the canyon. This is description by Iranian historian Rashid ad-Din living at court of the Hulaguns in the 14th century. Some other sources also inform on origin of the Mongols. "Occult legend" mentions their totemic ancestors - Borte Chinno (gray wolf) and Ho Maral (fallow deer). The ancient Mongols worshipped the sky - Tengri, "dark blue" or "eternal", and earth. By the way, that can explain frequent dark blue color in Mongol...