A few weeks ago I have been with some students to the costume museum.
This is a very small museum but you can see some mongolian traditional outfit.
On this one the woman has an haircut that represents an eagle.
This is because the chinese has ordered to change the stand carrying the fire and this was not ok for the mongolian believe. The solution was that the woman, who are taking care of fire, have an eagle which is then the counterpart of the new and not ok fire stand!
At the beginning they use their real hair, what a job!
These outfits are representing the different tribes, region of mongolia
Mainly it was done with silk imported from China
Mongolian like bright colors, so this is always "fire" outfit
and the woman have a lot of pearls and everything!
Really nice, but not so convenient...