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Culture: Saddler keeps ancient craft alive

The "horseback people" in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region boast a 2,000-year history of saddle-making. Togtonbayar, a saddler in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, has been making saddles for four decades. The 72-year old said traditional saddles highlight the exquisite arts of wood cutting, leather-weaving, metal-carving and embroidery. In 2008, the Mongolian saddle was listed as the National Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Togtonbayar become an inheritor of the skill.

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