Beauty of Buryat Culture

Buryat people Branch of the Altaic family: Mongolian The Buryats or Buriats, numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia. They are the northernmost major Mongol group. Main religions are Tibetan Buddhism and shamanism. Buryats share many customs with their Mongolian cousins, including nomadic herding and erecting huts for shelter. Today, the majority of Buryats live in and around Ulan Ude, the capital of the republic, although many live more traditionally in the countryside. Quoted from Wikipedia To learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryatia