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Ugly baby?!
A wrangler at an Elstei ger camp poses with his baby daughter. Since Mongolians believe it's bad luck to compliment babies, it's actually polite to say "yamar muuhai huuhedrel" when you see an infant. Translated, this literally means: "What an ugly baby!"

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