THE Four Winds festival site and Windsong Pavilion filled with the sounds of Mongolia on Sunday afternoon thanks to special culture exchange.
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Hosting it all and providing the intermission snacks was Paul West, the host from the River Cottage Australia television show.
The talk by adventurer and author Tim Cope about his epic trek across Mongolia was complimented by the horse head fiddle playing and throat singing of musician Bukhu Ganburged, who now lives in Sydney.
This was not the first visit to the district as Bukhu had previously played at the Cobargo Folk Festival.
The sold-out audience at the Windsong Pavilion were transported to Mongolia by the eerie and magical tunes and songs straight from the Mongolian steppe.
Tim Cope who now lives in the Victorian highlands and who leads several tours a year back to Mongolia spoke about the three-year journey from Mongolia to Hungary following in the footsteps of Genghis Khan.
He told the audience that they could realise their dreams by just getting out there.
“You may be able to see every part of the planet on Google Earth but there is no substitute for getting out there and meeting people and seeing the sights,” he said.
A highlight of the talk came at the end when the Kazakhstan hunting dog named Tigon he adopted on the journey made a surprise appearance on stage.
He told the crowd about how he managed to get the dog back to Australia through quarantine thanks to a last-minute fundraiser and support his sponsor Mountain Designs.
He later signed copies of his book, “On The Trail of Genghis Khan”.
Tim then spent a couple of days on the River Cottage Australia property at Central Tilba were filming on Series 4 has just begun.