The Mongolian rock band, The Hu, play heavy metal using traditional Mongolian instruments and voice their lyrics in the haunting tones of Mongolian Throat Singing.

The young men seated on their knees, with thighs and shoulders touching, move with the fluidity of an ocean wave that slowly swells, crests and breaks in a thunderous crash, only to recede back into the gentle depths of the sea.

Buzkashi (literally "goat pulling"), which is thought to have originated among the tribes of Northern Afghanistan who would raid each other’s camps and ride away with stolen livestock, is not for the feint of heart.