Mongolian United Nations Buddhist Relics Tour 24 August 2004. Ven. Tibetan Lama Ganchen Rinpoche, British, Brazilian, Thai, Sri Lankan, Greek and Mongolian prelates as well as Italian paparazzi at the Mongolian National State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Ulan Bator. The relics tour to Mongolia to promote peaceful co-existance and mutual respect was a big cultural event in early post-soviet socialist Mongolians-in-Mongolia life, a time when such international visitors were still far and few between. So many Mongolian people were suffering due to Mongolia’s impoverished economic situation at the time. Such big crowds and turbulent intensity. Such a long day … Photo: C.Pleteshner