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00:03I'm feeling it.
00:05I'm very aware of what I'm about to enter.
00:11This isn't just beating your chest and showing off and showing how alpha male you are.
00:16This is a vehicle for growing up.
00:25I guess that's the essence of rite of passage, isn't it?
00:32I'm Ed Stafford.
00:34As an explorer and survivalist, I've made a career out of mucking about in the wild.
00:40If I'm honest, I've never really grown up.
00:45So now...
00:46Ready, guys?
00:48I've set myself a mission to see how cultures across the world navigate the messy business of becoming an adult.
01:00I believe many of us in the modern world have lost our sense of identity.
01:05But I'm hoping, by immersing myself in the often extreme trials that young people face,
01:11I can figure out how these rituals make us better members of our communities.
01:17I've never experienced anything even comparable in terms of pain.
01:22By joining them on their journey, I hope I'll learn to become a better man.
01:26May I have a wish to roll with the Eric's first wife.
01:29Maybe even grow up.
01:30It's pretty honest.
01:32Okay, he wants me to jump it on the genre.
01:33And successfully pass my own rite of passage.
01:58I'm in the far north of China, in inner Mongolia.
02:04It's wild open country and rough terrain spreading out in all directions.
02:10I'll be traveling to a remote region located in the expansive grasslands of Shilingor League.
02:17Where I'll be spending a week with a Mongol family.
02:22The nomadic Mongols have led a traditional pastoral lifestyle on this grassland since the time of Genghis Khan.
02:32From what I know about their rite of passage, their training to become a fearsome Mongol warrior is as much
02:39a part of their ancient culture as it is a rite of passage.
02:42It involves three manly games.
02:45Horse riding.
02:48Archery.
02:50And wrestling.
02:53Skills once essential on the battlefield.
02:58Today, Mongolian men are still expected to excel in these sports to pass their rite of passage.
03:04At a traditional festival of games called Nardham.
03:09It's all about technique and strength.
03:11And perhaps the truest form of showing that strength is Mongolian wrestling.
03:17With just seven days here, wrestling is what I've chosen to focus on.
03:21So basically, I've got a week of being thrown around and battered and bruised.
03:25Which should be fun.
03:30At the end of my stay, my wrestling skills will be put to the test at the local Nardham festival.
03:36If I can put up a good fight and beat an opponent, I reckon I will have burnt my stripes
03:41in this Mongol rite of passage.
03:51I can't help but notice that while remote, we aren't far from the comforts of the modern world.
04:06I'll be staying on an isolated farm with Temel, who is the head of the family out here on the
04:11grassland.
04:12Hello.
04:13Oh, Sano.
04:14Nice to meet you.
04:15My name's Ed.
04:30Temel invites me to meet the rest of his family in their traditional yurt, known as a ger in Mongolian.
04:36Since Temel and his family now live in a modern house, the ger now serves as a comfortable area to
04:42socialize.
04:43This is beautiful.
04:44His family will be hosting me for the following week.
04:47His wife, Daurentuya.
04:50His brother, Erdin.
04:52His two sons, 23-year-old Nacho and 13-year-old Amuri.
05:13Homemade nook tea.
05:18I'm going to try this.
05:25That's good.
05:26And how do you make a living here?
05:28Is it all from livestock?
05:31Yeah.
05:32And how many animals do you have?
05:39How much of this land around us that we can see is yours?
05:47Wow, that's a huge amount.
05:49Okay, so pretty much everything we can see is yours.
05:53Do you mind me asking how old you are?
05:5649, that's the same as me.
05:58Same as me, we're the same age.
06:02Temel's son, Nacho, is a professional Mongolian wrestling coach and he's considered a champion of Shilingor League.
06:09And do you think that 49 years old is too old to wrestle?
06:17Would you be able to teach me how to wrestle?
06:26I'm a little bit nervous, I have to say.
06:29I'm a little bit nervous, I have to say.
06:34Before training officially starts, the guys decide to size me up.
06:37Okay, 49-year-old against 49-year-old.
06:52You let me win there, you let me win.
06:55You're a very good host, thank you.
06:59Come on, mate, let's do it.
07:02Good job.
07:04Go.
07:12Good game.
07:14You've got a strong son.
07:15Strong son.
07:17Buoyed up by beating a 13-year-old.
07:19Ready?
07:20It's time to take on the big gun.
07:22Oh, my goodness, mate.
07:28Wow.
07:28Okay, you're strong.
07:31You're strong.
07:33Okay, that's quite sobering.
07:36It's clear that I've got some serious catching up to do with my new coach.
07:43Seemingly not one to waste any time, Nacho cracks the whip and starts my training immediately.
08:10Oh, well, that joke definitely got lost in translation.
08:14When entering the fighting ground, the wrestlers perform a ritual dance to signify their confidence
08:20and readiness to do battle.
08:25With the movement supposed to symbolize powerful animals.
08:30You run in like a Mongolian.
08:37Okay, it really is quite simple, isn't it?
08:40But I'm moving more like I belong at the bottom of the food chain.
08:53With the dance over, each wrestler raises his hand as his name is called.
09:19Nacho and his brother, Amuri, have already wrestled at Nardom.
09:22So this week, it'll only be me that's really going through a rite of passage.
09:26But before I start, I'll need my gear.
09:30One of the most important parts of a Mongolian wrestler's uniform
09:34is called a jodag.
09:38An open-chested jacket used for gripping opponents during matches.
09:43To make sure that you're aware.
09:49I'm doing it.
09:52Okay.
09:53Hindi album has 11 planets that are beautiful in Israel.
10:01I need it to be reached the安倍 image that they are whispered to me.
10:02That's what I'm την of this book.
10:02There is no higher应 compared to other than another.
10:06When I'm not talking just about those or another,
10:07so that they start me looking forward to another of new Jeder's Debat,
10:09But after the time I don generally come, it's a Roman IELTSaker
10:11Imam .
10:14OK, so lesson one is all about gripping.
10:19That can't be too hard.
10:21Yeah, it's very easy.
10:23Let's go.
10:25Let's put your eyes on the ground.
10:27And then...
10:33Basically, I need to seize my opponent's grip points.
10:43And break free when he takes mine.
10:49Nothing seems to be working.
10:53Breaking free from Nacho is just impossible.
10:59I'm not going to die.
11:00OK, I'm going to die.
11:06After you, you know,
11:08I'll have to go to the police head.
11:11And so, you will really be able to go out.
11:13I want you to drive.
11:15And I'll enter the police head.
11:22I'll leave my friend.
11:23I'll leave my friend here.
11:23He'll leave my friend to his dad.
11:24I'm going to take a look at him.
11:58can we stop for half an hour not five seconds half an hour my brain's fried
12:05obviously this is an intensive period of training if i don't have time to mentally digest it
12:11and physically recover i'm not going to advance that's my take on it
12:18i think the thing that's holding me back at the moment which you're pointing out very clearly to
12:23me is that um i'm trying too hard all the time and then because i'm trying so hard um i'm
12:29exhausting
12:30myself within seconds currently it's day one um i'm at the very beginning of my journey but if i was
12:37to
12:37enter it now down today i wouldn't do well would i came at him saying it or did go give
12:47me the news
12:48this must be one of the toughest rites of passage i'll be faced with right now i'm not sure if
12:58i
12:58could throw anyone at the nardum festival i need to raise my game fast
13:12felt like the princess and the pea last night the guys don't seem to have mattresses here so i'm
13:19on a hard wooden board on nine blankets basically and yet there was a lump just underneath my chest
13:29wrestling this morning joyous i knew there'd be a catch outside the gear nacho has already set up
13:39the gym morning mate right i'm looking forward to this what are we doing okay great are we head
13:57one two three all right it's already starting to burn are you counting
14:08i thought you were counting
14:10this is a lovely way to spend the morning 142 this is not my usual gym workout but i can
14:22see how
14:23it builds the strong grip needed in mongolian wrestling it's not hurting but it's um obviously
14:29quite wearing on the arms i don't like to show up you know
14:42okay okay that's 200 needless to say i don't do a lot of this in everyday life
14:49230 it's starting to get hard actually okay that's 400
15:05500 have you ever heard of the concept of recovery with an exercise
15:22it's okay nacho tells me that we have to spend the day doing farm work instead of doing any wrestling
15:37training but to be honest i'm not sure this is the best use of my time out here especially with
15:44nadam quickly approaching
15:50cool let me um let me have a crack at this then
15:55so you want all the all the soil that way
16:12story of my life isn't it
16:18i've noticed that out here they don't really use any farming machinery it seems like it's all done by hand
16:25and i'm starting to think this is all part of nacho's plan
16:29all right what do you want
16:37well their hair notoriously always wins the race doesn't it
16:43so nacho's approach is a bit more slow a bit more conserving energy
16:48i could go on all day it's almost tantric it's almost tantric
16:58but yeah there's a set of constructs between his approach to life and mine
17:05how old were you when you start
17:08the
17:35And what would you, I guess, what would you,
17:38like to achieve in your life?
17:39What do you aspire to?
17:40What would be the ultimate goal for you?
17:50And is that possible, do you think?
17:55Yeah.
17:58Love your confidence, mate.
18:04So I'm being trained by the best,
18:05therefore I've got no excuses, have I?
18:09It's fun.
18:09It's fun to learn from somebody who's not like you.
18:12That's actually probably where I'm going to grow the most.
18:15This is already beginning to be fascinating
18:17just in terms of what I'm going to learn,
18:19not just about farming, not just even about wrestling,
18:22but about how to approach life.
18:27For the Mongols out on the grassland,
18:29one of the most legendary natural foods,
18:31which is believed to help them keep fighting fit,
18:34is a nice big glass of fermented horse milk,
18:37known as IRAG.
18:43Traditionally, IRAG is made by Mongolian women
18:46in family workshops like this one,
18:48with the Mongol women adding a vital part
18:51to their economy this way.
18:55Today, Nasu's IRAG goes beyond family gatherings.
18:59It's also sold in local shops and markets.
19:04Does the horse milk, therefore, cost a lot of money?
19:10I've never really seen a horse's udders before.
19:22And do you put a lot of your strength
19:25down to drinking horse milk?
19:40I think I might start marketing it in England.
19:44Horse milk for bodybuilders
19:46and wrestlers
19:48and rugby players.
19:51And we'll share the profits.
19:53This time next year,
19:55we'll be millionaires.
20:00No problem, yeah?
20:02Yes, yes.
20:04Excellent.
20:07According to many experts,
20:08fermented horse milk really is
20:10a great lactose alternative.
20:12It's high in vitamins and minerals
20:14and has immune-boosting compounds to boot.
20:17Once the milk is collected,
20:19it's taken straight to the nearby gare
20:21to begin fermentation.
20:24And this in here,
20:26this is all fermented, yeah?
20:28It smells sharp.
20:31It's not nice.
20:31It's tolerable, I would say.
20:33You know, it's the sort of thing
20:34that you wouldn't naturally
20:37eat or drink
20:38unless it was good for you.
20:45This will be the first time
20:46trying fermented horse milk.
20:51Oh, it's got a tang to it.
20:59Would this have been drunk
21:00in the time of Genghis Khan?
21:02Yeah.
21:03Yeah.
21:18So to really take my wrestling skills up a notch,
21:21Nacho takes me to the nearby city
21:23of Shilinhao Tu
21:25to train alongside a group of young, semi-pro Mongolian wrestlers.
21:39I think they're the guys who have been selected as young potential professionals.
21:46They should be quite an elite group of wrestlers,
21:49and, yeah, it'll be interesting to see what I can learn from this.
21:52So, in terms of level, how do they compare to you?
22:01There's that confidence again.
22:03I bet Nacho would actually make a pretty good lawyer back in England.
22:13After watching for a while,
22:16it's time to quite literally throw myself into action.
22:21No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
22:39Too strong.
22:42I always wanted to use it.
22:50I mean, smashed, but he did pick the very best of the entire group.
22:57Let's go up against me.
23:01All right, we've got a smaller guy now.
23:02Let's see what I can do.
23:18Looks like my training with Nacho is starting to pay off.
23:22Time out.
23:24I just hope I'm doing him proud.
23:28I don't think the word rest exists in Mongolian.
23:31So the concept of time out definitely does not exist in Mongolian.
23:37All right, let's go.
23:44Oh.
24:01Grass on concrete.
24:04There's no give in this astroturf.
24:08I did see stars at that point.
24:10But, um, he's half my size, so I had to get up and carry on fighting.
24:24Ahead of tomorrow's Nadim, there's one last place Nacho says we should visit
24:29for some spiritual preparation.
24:58Ovu's are cairns made out of piles of rocks that serve as both territorial markers
25:03and ritual altars for the Mongols.
25:12You've brought your wrestling kit up here.
25:14This is a part of preparation for the, um, for the Nadim.
25:30Nacho's now cleansing, literally, the wrestling equipment that he's going to use as well,
25:35so that everything is pure, everything is ready.
25:42The reason Nacho's brought me up here is to give me an understanding of just how
25:46this ritual isn't something individual.
25:50It's not just for a wrestler who wants to win tomorrow.
25:53It's tying it into a bigger significance of an understanding that we're all part of
25:59something a lot bigger, you know?
26:17For me, this is a less conventional rite of passage.
26:20There is no ceremony.
26:21He's not jumping over a bull or putting his hand in gloves full of ants.
26:24However, if you look at what he's learning through doing what he's doing, you know, through aspiring
26:29to be the best in his country at wrestling, he is confronting his own demons.
26:35He is learning about responsibility, about discipline, he's becoming stronger, he's having to mentally be confident and mature.
26:44He's all of the same qualities that are nurtured in a person through a rite of passage ceremony
26:49are also being nurtured in the young wrestlers through their sport.
26:52And maybe it's actually a more translatable thing to Western world because we do take part in sports.
26:58We do take part in physical endurance events.
27:01And maybe they can be used as a kind of rite of passage, as a way of developing yourself.
27:17I don't think a rite of passage has to be a ceremony.
27:20I don't think, almost, I don't think it has to be a deliberate rite of passage.
27:23If you're going through something which allows you to transition from, for example, a young, immature, selfish boy
27:30into a mature, responsible, community-orientated man, then that's a rite of passage.
27:37As a traveler through these lands, paying respects at the Ovu is seen as a huge sign of respect,
27:43one which will hopefully give me safe passage as I continue my journey.
28:10Oh, it's even got my name on it. Look at that.
28:25While I've been lucky to experience the famous Mongol hospitality during my time here,
28:32this is really quite special.
28:34It signifies for me turning a corner, being accepted to an extent by the family.
28:42And Nacho is, you know, softly spoken at first, but he's warming up now.
28:47It really took me back when, when Nacho was saying to me, he was like,
28:54you're wearing yourself out.
28:56You know, you're trying too hard.
28:58You're, you, there's no bit of you that's relaxed.
29:01You're just on a hundred percent of the time.
29:04And it was as if he was being a life coach to me rather than a wrestling coach.
29:10He, he couldn't have been describing better my life.
29:14You know, if I've come here to learn about a culture that has a rite of passage ceremony,
29:19I do genuinely feel like this is helping me at my time in life.
29:23I turned 50 this year and, you know, I've stopped having kids now.
29:26You know, this is, this is a new chapter in my life, a new phase.
29:31It's extraordinarily relevant to me and it's, it's really causing me to address certain parts of my life
29:40and, and consciously evolve through them, I think, which is exactly what a rite of passage is meant to do.
29:47One, two, three, ten, ten, ten.
29:50Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:52I would like to ask him to answer those questions.
29:58He would like to have a question.
30:01He would like to answer these questions.
30:06He would like to answer these questions.
30:08He would like to respond to the questions.
30:13God bless you.
30:47Today is finally the big day.
30:50Today is the Nardom.
30:58Don't know.
31:01So because I'm taking part in the Nardom,
31:04which is a festival of sports, basically,
31:06I have to wear the traditional garb.
31:10The wrestling's good. I'm good with it.
31:13If I get to round two, for me, that's a win.
31:16For me, that is above, probably, my expectations.
31:22If I don't embarrass Nacho, then that's also a win.
31:32And just as the festival is about to start,
31:35the heavens open.
31:43The horses apparently have been spotted,
31:45so they're 12 kilometres away they started,
31:48which is apparently a 15-minute run.
31:51And this is the finish line.
31:54So you get four seasons in one day in Mongolia.
31:57I'd like to experience some other seasons right now.
32:00Thank you very much.
32:00We've done the wet bit.
32:02Look at that, look at that, look at that.
32:06They're all children.
32:13It's ridiculous, isn't it?
32:16Half an hour ago,
32:17poofing it down with rain.
32:19Now glorious sunshine.
32:20Worried about sunburn.
32:24So we've had the horse racing.
32:25This is the archery being set up behind me.
32:41What?
32:43What?
32:43No matter who's sitcom,
32:50can you also see it?
32:53What?
33:05as the archery event draws to an end the wrestling is about to begin and in Mongolian
33:13wrestling its winner stays on until a champion is crowned how many people are wrestling today
33:23while most people will be watching the men compete there is also a junior tournament
33:28which Nacho's brother Amori will be vying to win I'm here the sun's out might as well enjoy it
33:45I'm feeling it I'm very aware of what I'm about to enter
34:07thanks Tim appreciate it mate I'll do you proud I hope going in first with the two experts this
34:16signifies that they're very good sometimes I do wonder about my own mental health crikey
35:01here comes the moment of truth
35:06I'm good sir so much in the same
35:10but for the pain that the greenness of the world is around the region
35:15I'm
35:19I'm
35:20I'm
35:21I'm
35:26I'm
35:33I'm
35:36I'm in round two.
35:38First round, done.
35:40I'm so relieved that I've proven that I'm not a total failure
35:43and can continue this rite of passage.
35:54It's round two. My name's just been called.
36:06That's what it's all about.
36:11This rite of passage is brought to the beach in the africa country.
36:18The water is still in the air.
36:20This time is filled with the water.
36:21The water is still in the air.
36:26This water is still in the air.
36:42Okay, I don't feel comfortable about that.
36:46Are they deliberately giving me easy opponent?
36:50I don't feel comfortable with that position.
37:04This is now round three.
37:05It feels quite surreal to be in this position.
37:12This is actually the quarterfinals.
37:16It's down to the last eight people.
37:20Fingers crossed I don't have to wrestle Nacho this round.
37:27Or the big lad.
37:41Okay, this guy also looks like a bit of a brute and he's in it to win it.
37:46I just need to relax and not do anything stupid.
38:06You could feel he could have put me down at any moment now.
38:13Got my earnings.
38:18Very good.
38:20600 RMB, which is 60 quid.
38:23So I can get the kids some presents on the way home.
38:25That's nice.
38:26I got to round three, which is extraordinary and far beyond what I thought I was going to achieve.
38:31I have to find a good team.
38:42because I thought it was better than I was able to do it.
38:49Okay, so it's the semi-finals.
38:51Nacho's in with a good chance.
38:52He's in with a good chance.
38:54He's up against the guy that beat me.
39:05Come on, son.
39:13Yes, he's won.
39:14He's won.
39:19Very cool that we've got two brothers in the final.
39:21Marie and Nacho.
39:24You know, could have two winners.
39:35Nacho's up against the biggest Mongolian I've ever seen in my life.
39:43Come on, mate. Come on.
39:52So, yeah, Murray's won.
39:55That was cool.
39:57He might be a little shy around me,
39:59but clearly he's on track to follow in his brother's footsteps.
40:02And now we can focus on Nacho.
40:06He's lasting longer than anyone else has lasted against him.
40:10He's doing well.
40:13He's trying to lift him up.
40:15He's trying to lift him up.
40:19He's trying to lift him up.
40:20He's trying to lift him up.
40:21He's trying to lift him up.
40:22Oh, oh, he's done.
40:28Sorry, Nacho is on the floor.
40:30And that is the end of it.
40:33A dream for the day.
40:35Never mind.
40:36The beast won.
40:41Well done, mate, well done, didn't that mind?
40:46You can tell he's disappointed, isn't he?
40:52I think Nacho really wanted to win that one.
41:06Champion, champion champion.
41:08Congratulations.
41:13I just want to say thank you all for having me to stay.
41:16You've been an amazing family.
41:17It's been such a privilege to live with you, to train with you,
41:21but just to take part in the whole thing.
41:23So thank you very much indeed.
41:25No problem.
41:54The main thing for me, though, was what I've learnt along the way.
41:57And the key thing has been to relax.
42:00You know, going like a bull in the China shop through a fight,
42:03but also through life, isn't doing me any favors.
42:07And Nacho has taught me that I really do need to relax.
42:20I think it's definitely something I'll take into my wider life, because it is true.
42:23I do try too hard.
42:26And I think it's all well and good when you're young, going a thousand percent all of the time.
42:32But as you get older, and I am going through my own rite of passage this year,
42:36this year I turned 50, and you can't carry on living like that into your elder years.
42:42Therefore, my lesson is relax, enjoy the moment, enjoy the game that is live.
43:00It's good!
43:03Lo and behold, I've been entered into the fermented horse milk drinking competition.
43:08No, no, no.
43:10No, no.
43:10No, no.
43:11No, no.
43:11No, no.
43:12No!
43:12No!
43:16That is much harder to drink, do you think.
43:18And also my false tooth was like, waggling down as I was drinking and dipping down.
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