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Mongolia Culture and Arts News  News on cultural events in Ulaanbaatar and other parts of Mongolia,
like festivals, opera and ballet performances and much more. For more information see the Arts Council of Mongolia.
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Wednesday, 15 February 2006 |
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Mandal Tours is offering a series of exclusive study tours of Mongolia from June to September 2006, in partnership with local cultural organizations. The tours will be led by Mongolian and international experts, and will focus on providing unique encounters with local scholars, artists, nomadic herders and Buddhist monks. Proceeds will help support cultural heritage promotion and restoration projects. Find out more . . .  Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site
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Friday, 10 February 2006 |
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art - Cultural Event Series - Spring 2006
The year 2006 marks the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan’s founding of
the Mongolian state. To commemorate the historic event, Oglethorpe
University Museum of Art together with the Institute for International
and Comparative Studies at Emory University and the Georgia East Asian
Research Schools Consortium (GEARS), is sponsoring a series of cultural
events celebrating and examining Mongol history, culture and politics.
Additional cultural events at Oglethorpe University Museum of Art are
included.
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Tuesday, 07 February 2006 |
The Gaurdian reports: Even in these days of long-haul foreign holidays, Mongolia is
off-limits for most travellers. Its capital, Ulan Bator, has
steadfastly resisted the attractions of McDonald's and even now its
most famous native is Genghis Khan, who was born the best part of 850
years ago. So it's a bit of a culture shock to find one of the world's
leading authorities on Mongolian society tucked away among the imposing
stained glass windows of King's College, Cambridge.
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Monday, 06 February 2006 |
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Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/. The Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) has announced its
annual project contest for the Year 2006 to grant money allowance for
the improvement of potentials of urban and rural professional arts and
cultural organizations. The Arts Council will grant allowance to
professional arts and cultural organizations to invite foreign
professional artists, arts managers, experts and teachers, to improve
children s art education, to attend arts professional and management
short-term training, meetings and festivals, and to join international
organizations. The money allowance will also be given to organize zonal
seminars and training among rural arts and cultural organizations and
to invite specialists from the Ulaanbaatar City s arts and cultural
organizations and higher schools for the improvement of rural artists`
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Friday, 03 February 2006 |
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Choijamts, Khamba Lama of Gandantegchenling Monastery, has concluded an
agreement with counterparts in India to have a Mongolian Buddhist
temple constructed in the city of Delhi. The agreement was reached
during a recent official visit by the Venerable Khamba Lama to Nepal
and India. A 38 x 64 metre area has been selected for the new temple,
which is expected to be consecrated by June.
taken from Mongolian Cultural News
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Tuesday, 31 January 2006 |
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A
traditional environmental calendar, indicating the dates for
worshipping natural sacred sites, has been published by the World Bank,
the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) and Gandantegchenlin
Monastery, with funding from the World Bank's Netherlands-Mongolia
Trust Fund for Educational Reform. The calendar was produced following
a recommendation of the Northern Buddhist Conference on Ecology and
Development held in Ulaanbaatar last June, stemming from a proposal
made by the Venerable Kh. Byambasuren of Erdene Zuu Monastery.
According
to Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhist teachings, mountains, waters, the
earth and plants are all controlled by invisible beings known as lus and savdag,
which arrive and return on specific days of each month. Special
appeasement offerings ought to be made to these beings on their dates
of arrival, and any taking of life or disturbance of the natural world
should be avoided on the dates of their return. Yet the astrological
customs for identifying the dates of arrival of these spirits vary
considerably, with the result that many Buddhists remain unaware of the
actual days on which the natural spirits are supposed to arrive, and
consequently perform forbidden actions such as cutting trees or killing
animals on such dates.
This calendar, prepared with the rare
collaboration of expert astrologers from different schools, has aimed
to unify the various astrological customs into an authoritative
schedule of the dates of the arrival of the lus. It is hoped
that the distribution of this calendar through rural monasteries, on
the eve of the lunar New Year, will support the campaign to revive some
of the traditional rituals and taboos that formerly served to protect
Mongolia's natural environment.Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site |
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Thursday, 26 January 2006 |
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There is unwritten tradition that before Mongolian traditional New Year – Tsagaan Sar the president meets with representatives of Mongolian Buddhism and shows his respect. Yesterday the President of Mongolia followed the tradition, showed his respect and listened their considerations. He met with several Khamba Lama's (abbots) of the main monasteries in Mongolia, including His Emminence Venerable Choijamts from Gandantegchenlin (Gandan) Monastery in Ulaanbaatar and Venerable Basaansuren from Erdene Zuu Monastery in Kharkhorin.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2006 |
Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/. The UNESCO Mongolian National Commission, the
Noyon Khutugtu Fund and the Uv Erdene Fund have made a decision to
celebrate worldwide the 150th anniversary of the death of Gobi Noyon
Khutugtu Duldiut Danzanravjaa this year. The above measure is among 63
special occasions scheduled by the UNESCO to be organized this year.
According to the report by L.Odonchimed, a member of the Parliament and
Head of the Noyon Khutugtu Fund, the UNESCO will grant 20 thousand USD
for the jubilee celebration. This aid will be spent on the translation
of the masterpieces of D.Danzanravjaa from Tibetan into Mongolian and
into English. The translated works will be sent to the world famous
libraries. Moreover, the US Embassy to Mongolia will render 20 thousand
USD in aid for the reconstruction of the Museum for Noyon Khutugtu
Danzanravjaa. The Demchig Temple, created by D.Danzanravjaa, will also
be reconstructed with 20 thousand USD financial aid to be given by the
Canadian Ivanhoe Mines company. A total of 15 measures have been
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