Moustachioed Balbal

Western Mongolia


In the Mogoit Valley is this oddly moustachioed balbal (stone figure believed to be a Turkic grave marker). There is a Kazakh cemetery with an interesting beehive-shaped mausoleum about 2km to the north.


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