Traditional Mongolian Wrestling is usually undertaken on the vastness of the steppe. This new year the Mongolian community hosted their largest ever New Year celebration in London at the Irish Cultural Centre. Around two hundred of the three thousand Mongolian people in England filled the hall in Hammersmith. It felt very much like we were in Mongolia. After four hours of soaking in traditional music and song and watching wrestling I realised this was the centre of a city. For many Mongolian expatriates living in the UK it was an uplifting way to see in the Year of the Tiger
Between rounds the wrestlers chat about life in London and Ulanbaataar.
