Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Thirty Mongolian children have headed for Turkey to study with aid provided by Turkey's  General Authority for Religious Matters. They will attend a religious course. In the year 2006, Turkey plans to involve more than 100 people in such training sessions. Since 1990, about one thousand Mongolian students and pupils have studied in Turkey.

The Rubin Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition celebrating the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Mongol empire. The exhibition opens Friday, Nov. 3rd in New York and runs until April 16, 2007. Drawn from RMA's collection, a selection of Mongolian sculptures, paintings, manuscripts, ritual objects, and masks will be complemented by images of Mongolia made by the contemporary photographers Builder Levy and Elaine Ling. The exhibition will trace Mongolia's long history from the Bronze Age to modern times, focusing on three empires: ancient Xiongu, the Tujue of the Middle Ages, and that of Chinggis Khaan, who founded the Mongolian state in 1206. It will conclude with the birth of modern Mongolia.

Vist the museum at Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011, 212-620-5000, This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , www.rmanyc.org/Exhibitions/index.cfm          

Image courtesy of Rubin Museum of Art

Gobi Women's Song, a new film by Sas Carey will be premiered Saturday 4th Nov at the theatre of the Rubin Museum of Art (RMA), New York City at 4:00 pm (cost: $15).

Set against the background of barren expanses, Gobi Women's Song immerses the viewer in a different world. It is a world in a transitional moment, one that has occurred in all cultures, which decides the future lives, environment, and lifestyle of its people. Five 21st century nomadic women share their lives in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. These are women who live the same life their ancestors did 3000 years ago, women who still hum with the song of the soul passed down from their grandmothers.

Visit www.rmanyc.org/calendar/calendar.cfm. Contact: Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011, 212-620-5000, This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ; Box Office phone: 212.620.5000 ext. 344.
Image courtesy of RMA.

This year's Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) Memorial Ceremony will be held on Saturday November 11 beginning at 1PM at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center, North Brunswick NJ. Your presence on this occasion would add to the significance of this memorial as we mark the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Mongol nation. Please consider volunteering or participating in some way to make this year's memorial especially meaningful. If you  need more information, please feel free to check the MACA website www.MACA-usa.org from time to time as more information becomes available or you can also call 732-297-1140.