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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, 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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Friday, 23 November 2007 |
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Mongolian President
Enkhbayar met with representatives of the Arts Council of Mongolia on
Wednesday. During the meeting,
Arts Council head N. Jantsannorov noted that the Arts Council continues
to promote the nation’s culture and art as well as preserve the
cultural heritage of the Mongolian people. In December, the
Arts Council of Mongolia will celebrate five years since its creation in
2002. Funded by the Soros Foundation, the Council has distributed
over $207,000 USD to 84 Mongolian art organizations and 48 artists.
Also, the Council will soon be opening art information centers in
Aimags. Peter Morrow, Khan Bank Executive Director and Deputy Head of the Arts Council of Mongolia, spoke
with the President about the Council’s
project to create a database on monasteries and temples of Mongolia.
The project is funded by a great variety of donors, both domestic and
international, amongst others: the U.S. Embassy in Mongolia, the Khan Bank, and a range
of private donors collected through the efforts of former Tibet
Foundation representative Sue Byrne. The data collecting phase of the project has already been concluded. Digital pictures of Mongolian monasteries and temples was stocked and
information gathered on history and
legends about the monasteries and temples. In the second phase the data will be entered in online database and made available to the public. Also, archival and
present-day information is being incorporated into the database,
project consultant Guido Verboom noted.
President Enkhbayar
told the group that the independence of Mongolia is not only
safeguarded by the state’s borders, but also is ensured by its
national language, culture, and history. Praising the archival
project, Mr. Enkhbayar recommended incorporating old
pictures of monasteries along with new ones and including the
registration of historical monuments concerning the history of
Mongolian monasteries preserved abroad. These all will make a
significant contribution to the cultural heritage of Mongolia, the
President said.
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
 Mongolian Buddhists will be
joined by Buddhists from the Russian Republic of Kalmykia as they journey
to see the Dali Lama in India.
The visit to the Dali Lama’s
home in exile, Dharamsala in northern India, will coincide with a major
Tibetan cultural festival.
“I hope this exhibition will
offer an opportunity to the local Indians and Tibetans here to understand
Buddhist culture and traditions of Mongolia and the Russian Republics,”
said Telo Rinpoche, the spiritual head of Kalmyk Buddhists.
The Mongolian delegates will
visit a variety of Tibetan cultural and educational institutions in
the Dharamsala area. There will also be performances of cultural songs
and dances, including the famed throat singing by artists from the Tuva
Republic.
“I hope the coming Buddhists
festival will help rejuvenate and revive our centuries-old shared history
with Tibet and its people and bridge renewed connection among us,”
Rinpoche said.
“By sheer coincidence we
will blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first public appearance
after coming back to Dharamsala from abroad,” Rinpoche said.
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
 Irish retailer, Avoca Ireland,
is featuring a line of felt products this fall manufactured in Mongolia.
On sale in their seven stores,
Mongolian scarves, slippers, bags and cushions for men, women and children
are being offered in a variety of colors.
All the products were manufactured
in a women’s cooperative in Mongolia and profits will be returned
to the cooperative, according to Avoca officials.
The Mongolian products were
designed by Irish fashion designer Pat McCarthy.
Children’s wool slippers
with suede soles sell for €29.95 with prices going up to €94.95
for felt shoulder bags.
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007 |
 A special advance reading of Radigan Neuhalfen's new novel The Steppe will be held at 4:00 pm Thursday, September 27th, at Chinggis Khaan University.
The Steppe is being published by Chinggis Khaan University Press and will be released in October.
"Crossing Mongolia on horseback one summer, Rad encounters a man
who lives alone upon the steppe. Known to the nomads as 'Buddha' but
calling himself 'Baatar,' the man lives without a horse, a ger, or a
herd of sheep, but with a large, mysterious sword that may once have
belonged to Genghis Khan. He claims to survive by hunting and eating
monstrous, nocturnal 'creatures' of the steppe.
"As Rad questions Baatar, seeking the truth, he becomes drawn into
the man's strange reality. Soon, Rad realizes that he, like Baatar, may
never wish to leave the steppe, nor be able to."
Chinggis Khaan University is located in the 11th district of Ulaanbaatar, just east of Dashchoilon Monastery, north of the Baga Toiruu.
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Monday, 17 September 2007 |
 Beijing will build a cultural
center in Mongolia to promote Chinese culture, it was announced Friday.
The cultural center will bring
exhibitions of Chinese life to be viewed by Mongolians. Additionally,
many special events will be planned at the center during Chinese festivals,
such as the Lunar New Year.
In a statement by the Xinhua
News Agency, the cultural centers are “based on both traditional and
modern lifestyle of the Chinese, especially harmony, which was presented
by Chinese philosopher some 2,000 years ago. Today, harmony still represents
the spirit of China: to love peace and to appreciate openness.”
Besides the center in Mongolia,
China plans to build similar centers in 14 other countries worldwide.
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