Mongolians Are Circus Stars All Over the World, Except at Home

Contortionists and acrobats with celestial skills train in squalid conditions as the promise of a former sumo wrestler to restore the national circus to its past glory has gone mostly unfulfilled.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/world/asia/mongolia-circus-acrobats-marinelli-bend.html