#Hetalia Buryatia

[meliissa-art]

The first drawing I do for my OC Buryatia 💙

I still have to add more details and think about his name. I have thought on a bunch of names, such as Mergen (“wise”), Sodnom (“virtue”, this one has a Tibetan origin)

Perhaps his surname could be Barnzarov? Dorzhi Barnzarov was the first non-ethnic Russian to receive a PhD in a Russian university, so he was the first non ethnic Russian academic. I really love when OCs have names of notable people, that’s why I love the idea

Also, Buryatia had beef with Yakutia/Sakha, but they are more neutral nowadays. Or are they? 👀 We will see…

What do you guys think? What headcanons do you think that could fit him?

[who1kio]

Wake up babe, new aph Buryatia design just dropped!! (HE'S OUR FAVORITE BOY RIGHT GUYS???)

[mayhellsky]

Chibi Buryatia with his little friend - chibi Baikal🦭

(edited ver.)

I decided to draw @meliissa-art design of Buryatia!! I really liked all our headcanons so I drew it like this. 😌

[irithnova]

Wah my Russia and Mongolia (with Tibet and Buryatia mention) fic set in the 1930's!

This is based around the incident in which Peljidiin Genden, Prime Minister of Mongolia at the time, allegedly slapped Stalin across the face and broke his pipe. Fun times.

[papaveronamu]

Mongolia horrifyingly looking at Buryatia speak Buryat (it sounds like a broken mongolian but Mongolia's just glad it's similar but scared at the same time)

[peonycats]

Hello! How do you think Buryatia would be like?

Thank you @irithnova for letting me borrow her Buryatia OC!! GOSH it took me a couple of rounds of drawing and doodling before I finally felt like I had gotten his features down right LOL...

To people who don't know him well, he comes across as friendly, warm, and sociable. He is reliant on tourism after all...

His public face hides some unusual hobbies and tendencies 🤨

Goes out of his way to avoid pissing off russia 🗿

Bugs Tuva to join him at the Inner Asian meetups

Streams online 🎮

BONUS:

Buryatia has a close relationship with Soyotia, who are a Turkic people who've traditionally made their living herding reindeer rather than yak herders like a lot of Buryats. Due to their long history together (as well as Russian imperial and Soviet ethnic minority policies), a lot of Soyots have intermarried with Buryats and have been heavily influenced by Buryat culture, so much so that Soyot culture and language itself is at risk of dying out.

Buryatia treats Soyotia as one of the few people he can let go of his "outside face" around, and holds the philosophy of "we're basically the same, so we can count on each other 😊" towards Soyotia...

[eruverse]

1) Buryatia + nyo!Mongolia

2) Kyrgyzstan + Mongolia and (Yenisei) Kyrgyz

After its establishment, Mongol Empire quickly subjugated Turkic confederations and groups in the territory of Mongolia and around the Baikal such as Kerait, Naiman, Merkit, Tatar, and Yenisei Kyrgyz (though Merkit was probably Mongolic). All these Turkics were Mongolia’s first harem. In the end, only the Kyrgyz would survive as distinct people into the current time as most of them became modern Kyrgyz people in Kyrgyzstan. The others were quickly absorbed into Mongolians or Kazakh.

It’s unknown whether Kyrgyzstan is the former Yenisei Kyrgyz or if he is a successor who carries the latter’s memories, but Mongolia feels familiar with Kyrgyzstan beyond what he would feel about a country who happens to share a similar nomadic culture. As it stands, today’s Kyrgyzstan looks different from the mostly West Eurasian Yenisei Kyrgyz, but Mongolia almost swears they’re the same person. Mongolia could also differentiate easily between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan even when many others aren’t able to (“How are you not able to distinguish them? They’re massively different!” Says Mongolia)

(I gave Yenisei Kyrgyz Göktürk era clothing as I haven’t found their specific costume, lol)

3) Golden Horde + baby Golden Horde carried by Mongolia

When Golden Horde was newly born, he was close to Mongolia who would often carry him everywhere (or let his horse do the job). Think of a toddler who stares unblinkingly at you from underneath all the fur wrapped around his tiny body as if trying to drill a hole into the area between your eyes. Meanwhile, Mongolia would smile proudly at him.

[who1kio]

ur style is so cute!!

Only three spots remain if you got a Hetalia oc reblog this post with a reference pic of your oc (sorry for the ping again others)

2P! Philippines belongs to @lunakagayake

Buryaita (oc) belongs to @who1kio

2P! Liet belongs to @doomspiral

Aster (aka nyo England) belongs to @ask-nyo-england-aster-kirkland

For Ironland (hope that's the correct spelling) belongs to @lunathewitchcat

And Lombardy belongs to @aphfroghat

[irithnova]

Naadam - and how Mongolia celebrates it.

What is Naadam in Mongolian culture and how would Mr Mongolia celebrate it?

Naadam is a traditional sports festival in Mongolia. It includes Mongols adorning themselves in national dress, mounted soldiers in uniform, music, dancers, and of course, the "Three Manly Sports":

Horse riding, wrestling and archery!

Naadam is a 2000 year old event, however, the term "Naadam" was coined in the 13th century by Chinggis Khaan (according to the secret history of the Mongols) and has been celebrated ever since.

Naadam used to be a preparation/practices/training for war. Competitions such as this would take place just before major battles in order for the war commanders to select which soldiers would be in which division.

Individuals who demonstrated exceptional strength, speed, and flexibility in wrestling, keen eyesight and precise hand-orientation in spear-throwing and archery, and also patience and skill in horse training/horse racing were carefully selected during the competitions.

Naadam takes place around mid-July in the heat of the summer, and is considered one of the biggest and most important festivals in Mongol culture along with Tsaagan Sar.

National Naadam is celebrated in the capital - Ulaanbaatar, in the national sports stadium. However it's not just restricted to the city! It takes place all across the country.

The Naadam festival kicks off with a ceremonial transfer of the symbolic "Nine Banners of the Great Mongol Empire" from the Government House to the Naadam stadium, escorted by honorary guards.

After a speech by the president or a representative, the games officially commence. In Ulaanbaatar, the capital, the event assumes a grand scale, drawing the most talented wrestlers, horse trainers, and archers from all corners of Mongolia!

As I've previously mentioned, Naadam takes place in the countryside too! In the countryside, herders journey to towns not only to partake in the festivities but also to reunite with friends and relatives, they may not have seen in a while.

Mongolia also has a bit of a reunion - with different Mongolic ethnic groups and other ethnic groups who's people participate in Naadam coming over to visit. Buryat and Uriankhai people are an example, and they (So, Buryat Mongols, Uriankhai/"forest people" as Mongols call them, usually denoting the likes such as Tuvans and Yakuts) have their own archery competitions. It's basically like one big get together!

Wrestling

Mongolian wrestling has no time limit and one objective - avoid touching the ground with anything other than your feet, or else you lose the match.

It also has no weight classes!

The National Wrestling Championship takes place during Naadam , however even before this, there are previous stages.

First is Soum (village) Naadam. Soum Naadam showcases wrestlers from various villages vying for the opportunity to represent their respective villages at the regional level.

Wrestlers who win at the Soum Naadam progress to the Aimag (province) Naadam, where they contend against other wrestlers within their own province to win the opportunity to represent the province.

The ultimate challenge awaits the winner of the Aimag Naadam at the National Naadam in Ulaanbaatar, the grandest and final tournament. Here, the aimag representatives vie for the prestigious title of national champion!

Mongol wrestling painting, 16th century

I definitely think Mr Mongolia is an avid wrestler/quite sporty himself (jock™) however he is a nation and so his nation strength and... Many, many years of experience would mean that it would be unfair for the most part if he went against humans. And besides, he absolutely risks outing himself if he participated in Naadam, especially with how popular wrestling is and uhh, considering the wrestling outfits... The lack of anonymity with that comes with it hahah.

However I think he participates in his own way. I think occasionally he helps with being with being a referee. Another thing: music. During Mongol national wrestling matches, you can often hear someone singing a Mongolian long song in the background. A long song is well, a song, which doesn't actually have a lot of words, but the the words are drawn out by the singer and emphasis is put on reaching impressive notes and putting power and volume in the voice. I think he does musical performances during naadam!

Archery

The Mongols are famous for their archery. There are many different types of Mongol archery.

There's Khalkha Archery, the most practiced one (seeing as the Khalkha Mongols are the majority ethnic group in Mongolia), spanning across a remarkable duration of 48 hours.

Those who triumph in this contest earn the esteemed distinction of the state archery title.

There's also women's archery! As for the women's archery tournament, they display their prowess by releasing 20 arrows towards a 60-meter target, while their male counterparts take aim with 40 arrows at a distance of 75 meters. The target itself comprises a symmetrical arrangement of diminutive leather cylinders, artfully positioned in rows of two and three.

Two red cylinders occupy the center of the target, but hitting them doesn't earn extra points. Each hit on a target gives one point, but merely hitting isn't enough for a score. The target must move a set distance from its starting point to count towards the final score.

There's also Uriankhai archery and Buryat archery - with Uriankhai archery only being practiced by men, and is practiced by the Uriankhai ethnic groups (this is a name Mongols give to what they consider Northern "forest people" like Tuvans or Yakuts). It has ties to religious ceremonies related to their culture. Buryat archery is practiced by the Buryat minority ethnic group of Mongolia. Both of which take place during the national Naadam festival.

They even have child archers!

I definitely think Mongolia is very passionate about archery, and watches the archery competitions intently. I think he helps with setting up the targets and prepping some of the archers when he can. He finds it fascinating to watch them display their skills and techniques with such precision and accuracy - and he wishes he could participate himself! He believes it is a testament to the level of dedication and hard work that athletes put into their craft and loves the satisfaction of the perfect hit - he'll always appreciate a good archer. Further, he puts time aside to go and watch the Buryat and Uriankhai archery with Buryatia and the others as its quite important to them all.

Horse racing

Over a thousand horses gather from all corners of the region to partake in this grand event. Diverging from Western traditions, these races traverse immense distances, spanning a remarkable range of 15 to 30 kilometers. The length of each race is intricately tied to the age of the horses, with the seasoned contenders gallantly competing over the longest stretches.

Curiously, the jockeys who guide these horses are not seasoned professionals, but rather children as young as 5 years old, with the oldest among them being 13. Yet, it is the horse's prowess that truly determines the outcome, as the race serves as a testament to their remarkable skills.

Age and gender play crucial roles in the classification of horses within the realm of horse racing. For example, in the case of geldings, they are divided into distinct age groups, spanning from 2 years old up to 6 years and older.

The races commence in a distinctive manner. All the horses gather behind a standard-bearer, cross the finish line together, and then follow the guidance of the official rider to reach the starting line.

In each class, the top 5 performers are crowned as "airgiyn tav," and the top three champions proudly claim gold, silver, and bronze medals. People joyfully sing their praises while showering them with fermented mare's milk (airag) on their rump, neck, and cheek.

The victorious jockey ascends to the esteemed title of "tumny ekh," signifying their leadership over a multitude of ten thousand.

Multiple races are showcased during Naadam. Stallions, specifically those known as Azarga, have a race of their own, while geldings partake in a minimum of three races. Further, a special race is organised specifically for pacing horses in Ulaanbaatar.

Remarkably, even the horse that crosses the finish line last in the two-year-old category is bestowed with a special appellation: "bayan khodood," meaning "full stomach." A heartfelt song resonates through the air, expressing good wishes and luck for the humble competitor to emerge triumphant in the following year.

The subject of child-jockeys seem to be somewhat contested amongst Mongols themselves. I'm not going to touch on that debate, however it should be noted that safety measures have been implemented in order to make sure that the race is as smooth as possible, but I understand that this can be a point of controversy. I definitely think Mongolia does his best in making sure the riders are well prepared/equipped for the races to ensure that have the best chances of coming out uninjured/relatively unscathed as possible. I think he puts extra time and care into this aspect of his Naadam participations considerably. He enjoys it to an extent as it reminds him of when he was a very young horse rider, and he does enjoy the celebrations afterwards, however the safety of the riders is at the forefront of his mind.

Other Naadam headcanons:

-Because Mongols usually wear their best clothes to Naadam, Mongolia definitely does too! He has a different outfit planned for each day.

-He uhh definitely enjoys all the food that's about 🤤 (khuushur, buuz)

-Probably floods his social media with pictures during this time

-Overall, it's quite an exciting yet busy time for him, he is involved in both the preparations for Naadam and participation in some aspects of Naadam, whilst also making sure to keep socialising with all the people he's invited over! But he manages it well.

[irithnova]

Mongolia hcs because I'm bored:

That man's hair routine is water + hoping for the best y'all are out of your minds thinking he has an elaborate plan for it

If you told him you needed therapy the best thing he'd do is tell you that he hopes you find a job soon

Kalmykia + Buryatia drain his wallet with the amount of shit they manage to guilt him into buying

Seems like he's good with kids on the surface but he can't actually parent.

Can be condescending towards Tuva because Tuva was ruled by Mongolia for a while

Also condescending because he's fully convinced himself Tuva has a stealing problem and thinks that calling him a kleptomaniac instead of a thief is politically correct, so is annoyed when Tuva doesn't recognise his attempts at being sensitive 🙄

Dog person but will pet kitty cats when they approach

It's so hard for Mongolia and China to feign niceness/diplomacy to each other in a formal setting that you get the most awkward and obviously forced interactions

Can honestly sleep soundly on any surface

Believe it or not Mongolia can actually swim and no he's not afraid of water. He finds the ocean a little eerie sure but you guys realise Mongolia has huge lakes right

Fluent in Russian but purposefully butchers it sometimes to annoy Russia

Insults Russia by calling him a drunkard when he is arguably worse with alcohol

Tibet is his Lady Macbeth. No I will not elaborate

Is freakily good at puzzles/logic games it's literally one of his traditions

Has actually made quite a few puzzles himself

Goes to the bathroom to play some on his phone when a meeting is boring the hell out of him (he was so close to the next level anyways-)

Not always but sometimes he carries around a small pouch of shagai (ankle bones of goat or sheep) for good luck

Seems composed on the surface but is secretly entertained by drama

If he accidentally steps on your foot he'll instinctively reach his arm out to touch your wrist or try to shake your hand to apologise because that's what you do in Mongolia when you misstep onto someone's foot

Always carries cigarettes with him

Deep/rich voice 🥺 He speaks somewhat softly though

Do not tug on his braid

[irithnova]

Ok I think. We need to appreciate how goofy/embarrassing Mongolia can be so here's the post (will be talking about edgier stuff at some point but let this man flop around if only for a second):

During the Yuan the words "buluo" and "buzu" were virtually non existent in important Chinese texts despite the frequency of the words used before. It's most likely this exclusion was not accidental and was a result of the Yuan rulers being sensitive to the barbarian connotations of the word. Yes Mongolia was offended by being called a barbarian by China and told him to stop

He was totally acting all new-money and spending his newfound wealth on the most ridiculous shit, like a literal fountain that dispersed 4 different types of alcohol

Thinks throwing money at things is some sort of fix-all

Went on a 40-day bender when Ogedei ascended to Khanhood

Did I mention he was an alcoholic?

Would take on the advise from advisors that came from everywhere but China.

Made his own version of a racial hierarchy with Mongols and other Northerners being at the top and Southern Chinese being at the bottom ("who's the barbarian now?!!")

Categorised his Chinese subjects into 10 ranks, with Confucian scholars coming 9th - below prostitutes

Chinese criminals got way harsher punishments than Mongol criminals

No sinicization here folks - this dude was NOT wearing Chinese clothes or eating Chinese food. In fact a lot of Mongol rulers never even bothered to learn the language. Mongolia probably knew it but would make China speak Mongolian with him anyways

Despite all this he was absolutely addicted to Chinese stageplays you have no idea how much Mongol rulers loved that shit

Got defeated by Ainu and response sent him gifts to try and get him on his side

When I tell you how possessive he was of Ilkhanate I was not joking, there were certain Ilkhanate rulers like Ahmad who tried to break free from Yuan influence by having the inscriptions of the coins refer to Islam rather than the Yuan Khan, but after him under Arghun, Yuan suzerainty over Ilkhanate coinage was reinstalled - it's speculated this was encouraged by Khublai (ruler of the Yuan)

Could not accept that the Yuan dynasty divorce was real and so called the remains of his empire the "Northern Yuan" ("You see the marriage never ended I'm just living in the Northern half of our house. It's called the Northern Yuan. Yes it's perfectly valid fuck off")

Went all surprise-pikachu-face when years of being a megalomaniac lead to his Northern subjects finally turning against him

During the four Oirat era, the Oirat confederation called themselves the four "tumens" (tumen = 10,000) of Oirats. Mongolia responded by basically going "hmm... FOUR tumen you say? Well... we are the SIX tumen of Mongols... Checkmate"

Again during this time, (Chinggisid) Mongols would record how Oirat rulers would "bully" Mongol rulers,. A lot of these accounts were greatly exaggerated as many of these so called Oirat rulers were actually just visitors who had nothing to do with the Oirats

The Choros Oirat clan had an origin myth that involved emerging from a sacred mother tree. Mongolia responded by hijacking this story and making it so that Genghis Khan came down and #defeated this tree

Definitely coped + seethed hard when the Dalai Lama started giving non-Chinggisid Mongols the title "Khan"

Once Mongolia was incorporated into the Manchurian-lead Qing dynasty, he was making almost all the exact same complaints China once made about him but now directed at Manchuria and did not sense an inkling of irony in any of it ("Why does this teenager think he can boss me around! He's uncultured and the only culture he gets is from me! He doesn't know anything about anything!)

During the era of communism and Russian influence in Mongolia, I've read that some Mongolians complained that the Russians "drank too much" errm... Pot calling the kettle blac-

Some non-historical ones which are still based in fact somewhat but just also overall goofy as hell:

He is weirdly freaked out by cats

He fucking loves KFC I swear there was even some Mongolian TV show about KFC workers.

His love for Chinese stageplays now has a 21st century equivalent: cnovels. Guiltiest pleasure

He's very... moe, around Tibet. Make sure to back away from them if you see them with each other unless you wanna hear some weird shit

Pretends he doesn't like Kpop. He does

Thinks calling Tuva a kleptomaniac rather than a thief is some sort of politically correct upgrade and doesn't understand why he's still offended by it

>"Buryatia should be a part of greater Mongolia again" #panmongolism"

>Makes fun of Buryatia for being "too Russified"

>"Inner Mongolia should be a part of greater Mongolia again #panmongolism"

>Makes fun of Inner Mongolia for being "too Sinicized"

If Kazakhstan is really annoying him he'll ask him if it's past his bed time

[unhonestlymirror]

Well... I thought it was obvious that it was a russian army soldier... Who else could it be?

Saying "a russian soldier from Chechen batallion" can be misleading because technically, Chechens, which fight for Ukraine, are also "russian soldiers from Chechen batallion", since Ichkeria wasn't able to become independent from russia. It's important to emphasise that there are Chechen people (who hate russia) and Kadyrov supporters (who can be Chechens but nevertheless kill and torture other Chechens). We don't say "a Ukrainian gave russians data for shelling", right? We say "a collaborator gave russians data for shelling".

Idk who spreads the idea that "ethnic russians do not commit atrocities", most likely russia itself. Ethnic russians... whom tf do they mean by that? Btw, russian artists in hetalia already start dividing their beloved russia on "true russians" and "people of russia". We are seeing russia partitioning itself in live. XD

But erasing the fact that there are Kadyrivtsi who are especially famous for their inhuman cruelty... Erasing the fact that Buryats also participate in genocide, especially considering that russia uses the poorest regions the most for mobs:

It is becoming clear that a lot of the soldiers who are dying are from the poorer ‘ethnic minority’ republics like Buryatia, Kalmykia and Dagestan,” said Pavel Luzin, a Russian military expert. (c)The Guardian

It's not gonna help anyone. It only helps russia to look as a "whole". An attempt to make people call all Chechens and all Buryats etc. as "russian soldiers" under the pretext that they are allegedly being made a scapegoat - it's a pseudo-liberal idea which helps russia and russia only.

A Ukrainian may know that when they say, "A Chechen killed a whole family", they mean a Kadyrov soldier but will an average foreigner understand it the same way? I don't think so. In fact, when russia asked other countries like Canada to deport Chechen refugees back to russia, such countries did that because of associations with the word Chechen made by russia. And that's how many Chechen refugees were tortured by Kadyrov soldiers again.

In Volnovaha, a soldier of Kadyrov killed a family of 9 people because they "didn't want to give up the house"

He shot a whole family, in particular, a girl in junior high school and a 4-year-old boy. Before that, he quarrelled with the children's father over the house. "Kadyrivtsi" (kadyrov soldiers) allegedly wanted to evict the family from their home in order to settle there.

(c)TSN

[irithnova]

Buryatia: Stop working so late you have really ugly eyebags lol ^.^

Sakha: I should have killed you when I had the chance

[irithnova]

Buryatia when he's allowed to bring his slave husband Soyot over when Mongolia invites him to visit (Mongolia is making Buryatia pay for all of Soyot's expenses because they ruin his sleep with really loud se-):

[meliissa-art]

[flyingsassysaddles]

this is so cute!!

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