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Thursday, 27 December 2007 |
A school is keeping the art
of Mongolian contortionists alive.
For hundreds of years contortionists
have entertained crowds in Mongolia. The sport is a combination of gymnastics
and circus entertainment.
And for many Mongolians, being
a contortionist has been a way out of poverty.
Additionally, since the opening
of the country to foreign tourism, the “rubber bones” performers
have been in great demand.
Tsend-Ayush Togoochuluuny works
in her school with children as young as six years old.
“I think Mongolian children
are very talented and have the genes of contortionists. Nearly everyone
is interested in becoming a contortionist because it's easily accessible
to the people. They can watch or try and that's why at the school, we
try to satisfy that demand and so practice day and night,” she told
channelnewsasia.com.
Those students interested in
becoming a contortionist have to go through a two month tryout to see
if they have what it takes to maintain this special Mongolian tradition.
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Monday, 24 December 2007 |
 Some 250 Mongolian Buddhists
are currently attending classes in India being conducted by the Dalai
Lama.
The five days of learning with
the Dalai Lama will end on December 27, when the students from the Gandan
Thegchenling Monastery in Ulaanbaatur will return to Mongolia.
Students are studying Buddhist
texts and immersing themselves in prayer, while in India.
Besides the students from Mongolia,
Buddhists from Tibet, Korea and China are attending the classes.
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
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While Mongolia and other Asian
countries have begun work on building a new Silk Road to allow road
and rail traffic to reach from Asia to Europe, other former Soviet states
have only begun infrastructure projects to make the project a reality.
However, slow-moving Tajikistan
is now finishing construction of a bridge which will provide a vital
link on the road linking Kyrgyzstan to the rest of Asia. The bridge
is located about 150km north of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.
This news comes following the
signing of an $18.7 billion pact last month by Mongolia and seven other
countries to build the road and rail connections.
The pact is seen as a political
breakthrough in the rarely unified region, bringing together the central
Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
with their eastern neighbors including Mongolia and China.
Officials have been quick to
point out that even though the European Union overtook the US this year
as the main destination for Chinese goods, less than 1 per cent of the
$1,000bn-plus trade between Europe and Asia passes through central Asia.
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
 Mongolia will send representatives
to participate in a December 13th conference on nomads in
Kazahistan.
Meeting in Astana, the international
conference will discuss, “The cultural heritage of nomads and modernity.”
Mongolian experts will be joined
by other international scholars to review data dealing with the history
and culture of early nomads.
Following an opening session,
experts and specialists will break into discussion groups to review
current data.
The conference is being organized
by the Kazakh Culture and Information Ministry and the Kazakh President’s
Cultural Center
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 |
 The Japanese release of the
Mongolian epic, "Aoki Okami: chi hate umi tsukiru made"
(Genghis Khan: To the Ends Of Earth and Sea), is being seen by audiences
worldwide.
Shot in Japan and Mongolia
with a $30 million budget, the story depicts a more sensitive Ghengis
Khan than is usual as the film delves into his earlier life.
Japanese idol Takashi Sorimachi
stars as Temujin/Genghis Khan. The film is in Japanese and subtitled
for various audiences.
During four months of filming
in Mongolia, many local actors and extras were employed. During one
battle scene 5,000 Mongolian soldiers appear, and over 27,000 people
are employed as extras.
The North American premiere
of the film was on November 11 at the 10th annual San Francisco Asian
Film Festival and the 5th San Francisco Korean American Film Festival.
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