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MULAN-BATYR
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THE TRUE STORY
This happened long-long time in the Tuoba Wei Khanate of the Great Eurasian Steppe. The people of this khanate had a tribal name of Tabgachi, which means “people who braid their hair”, because both Tabgachi men and women had this traditional nomadic hairstyle.
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Our story begins when Mulan the Bulan was sitting in the yurt at her loom, weaving a decoration from the threads that she made from sheep wool. This was a precious ancient nomadic art that her mother taught her, and it was passed from mothers to daughters for thousands of generations.
But Mulan wasn’t thinking about her work. Her thoughts were sad, and because of that she kept sighing and was barely weaving. Sometimes she would stop working completely and her tears would drop on the beautiful woven patterns that she made. If someone could see her, one would think that she was shedding tears over some local boy whom she liked.
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