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Ceremony and ordinary awe Ritual punctuates nomadic life: blessings for animals, songs to greet the dawn, cups raised to mark a guest's arrival. These little ceremonies encode respect and gratitude. To install love in the Mongolian tongue is to allow ritual and routine to coexist: tenderness emerges in the way tea is poured, in the order of seating in a ger, in the deference shown to elders. Ordinary awe—watching foals learn to stand, listening to throat singing at night—becomes part of the affectionate vocabulary.