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like festivals, opera and ballet performances and much more. For more information see the Arts Council of Mongolia.
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
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A prestigious report on religious
freedom praised Mongolia for the degree of religious freedom offered
its citizens.
In its annual report, “Religious
Freedom in the World 2007,” the Hudson Institute's Center on Religious
Freedom in Washington, D.C. found Mongolia provides more religious freedom
than is found in much of the world.
Overall the report, which will
be released later this year, found regimes that respect religious freedoms
also offer its citizens more civil liberties, more prosperity and better
health care.
Additionally, the report found
religious freedom has become commonplace in most Western, Christian
nations. Non-Christian nations noted for religious freedom included
Shintoist Japan, Buddhist Thailand and Mongolia, Jewish Israel, and
Islamic Mali and Senegal.
Countries which most repressed
religious freedom included communist regimes such as Cuba, China, Vietnam,
North Korea, Islamist regimes such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sudan, and
former Soviet republic such as Belarus, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan,
the latter two of which are predominantly Islamic.
Hungary, Ireland, Estonia and
the United States were ranked as offering the most religious freedom.
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 |
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5 pm, July 9th, 2007, National Univeristy of Mongolia, Building No. 5, Room 305
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) hosts a special Speaker Series lecture given by Michael Kohn on July 9th. Michael Kohn spent three years working at the Mongol Messenger in
the late 1990s, an experience told in his new book Dateline Mongolia.
Michael will discuss the book, recalling his experiences from that
period and explaining how the early years of Mongolia's democracy will
effect its domestic and foreign policy for generations to come. Michael
will be on hand to answer questions and sign copies of his book.
Michael Kohn has been a frequent visitor to Mongolia for the past 10
years. He has written about Mongolia for the Associated Press, the New
York Times, the BBC and the San Francisco Chronicle. Michael is the
author of the Lonely Planet guide to Mongolia, as well as the books,
"Lama of the Gobi" and "Dateline Mongolia." Michael has also written
guides to Tibet, India Central Asia and Israel.
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Sunday, 01 July 2007 |
 Photograph by Edward Sheriff Curtis
The exhibit, called "Sacred
Legacy," contains 60 museum-quality photographs of North American
Indians from different tribes and regions.
The photos were taken by Edward
Sherriff Curtis between 1890 and 1930. Curtis understood he was documenting
a culture which was quickly vanishing. Through his pictures, it is possible
to view the people, the dress, and the day to day lives of more than
80 North American Indian nations.
Curtis is well known for his
portraits, landscapes and still life photos. The exhibit is currently
on a worldwide tour.
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Friday, 25 May 2007 |
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Mongolian child star, Nansal
Balitguluum, recently nominated in Hollywood, has lost her bid to capture
an international acting award.
Balitguluum received world-wide
acclaim for her role in the immensely popular Mongolian movie, “The
Cave of the Yellow Dog.”
Among other young actors, Balitguluum
had been nominated for Best Child Actor of the World in an International
Feature Film Award by the Hollywood’s Young Artist Foundation.
Eight child stars were nominated
for the award. The winner, Sri Lankan child actress Sarala Kariyawasam,
played a child widow in the award winning film, “Water”.
“The Cave of the Yellow Dog”
portrays the day-to-day life of a Mongolian nomad family. When young
Nansal brings a stray dog into the family, she defiantly keeps the animal
when her parents order her to be rid of the dog. Later, the dog finds
a place in the family when it saves a child from a threatening vulture.
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Friday, 18 May 2007 |
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The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting
Union (ABU) Voyage to the Future 2007 project will film a TV program
about schoolchildren, aged 12 to 16, going on a ten-day expedition to
study Mongolian grasslands.
The project aims to create
awareness of the earth's natural resources, filming the current state
of the environment for future generations. Students taking part are
from Japan, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Qatar, Thailand, Mongolia, Korea
and Malaysia.
The expedition will visit the
areas of Yunsch, the Khustai National Park and Duganakhad, where participants
will get to study the Mongolian steppes, the day-to-day lives of Mongolian
nomadic people, the wildlife and the restoration process of the deteriorating
grasslands.
Co-organized by MNB-Mongolia,
the expedition will be filmed in HDTV and made available to television
stations from participating countries for a nominal fee. These include
NHK-Japan, CCTV-China, VTV-Vietnam, Aljazeera-Qatar, NBT-Thailand, MNB,
EBS-Korea, TVB-Hong Kong and RTM-Malaysia.
"We hope the young participants
will bring back with them a continuing curiosity from this experience
about conservation issues in view of the fact that preservation of our
natural environment is as crucial as ever," said Tatsuya Nakamura,
Director of the ABU Program Department.
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Sunday, 06 May 2007 |
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Mongol Group Reports: For those of you who miss Mongolian food or are interested in tasting authentic Mongolian dish, a couple of Mongolian ladies (one of them a
professional Mongolian culinary chef of 30-40 years) are serving homemade style, authentic Mongolian food at the Old Post Office
Pavillion at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. The food there is not only authentic Mongolian but also is very good.
I have tried their huushuur, buuz, roasted lamb and beef the latter 2 of which may have been a special treat for the day.
It is absolutely delicious. I hope you go and check them out with your friends and family for an outing on the National Mall. They are also
available for catering as well. Please see the link below for their interview to a Mongolian online magazine reporter along with some photos.
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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This May, Mongolia's most popular violinist Degi is having her second solo concert in UB on the 11,12th. Her concert will be divided in two identifiable parts. The first part, western impressionist
composers pieces like Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, Vivaldi
will be highlighted. In the second part pieces of Mongolian composers pieces will be performed with Canadian composer and pianist Bruce Petherick,
the “Memory” Symphony Pop Orchestra, the Moon Stone
Traditional Song and Dance Ensembe and other famous Mongolian singers.
 Degi (Delgertsetseg) is Mongolia's best-known fiddler, enthralling concertgoers and dinner parties alike for years with her interpretation of Mongolian standards.
Degi began studying the violin at age seven after scouts from the Music College in 1986 identified her (from the size and shape of her fingers) as a potential musician.
“My mother and the family thought that it was so prestigious to be selected for the Music College that they encouraged me wholeheartedly to take up the violin.”
As her studies progressed, her mother's ambition was for Degi to become a kindergarten teacher as things got tougher in the new democracy.
“Kindergarten children got food, so their teachers had food too. In the early 1990s, food was not always easy to get,” she reminisced.
“We practised every day for countless hours, but…I appreciate…the discipline it has given me to pursue this career.”
Degi in Concert
May 11 and 12, 6pm
Central Cultural Palace
More information: www.degimusic.com
Tickets are available at the Central Cultural Palace box office from
MNT8000 to MNT 10000. For more information please contact at 7011-7971, 9924-3296.
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Sunday, 22 April 2007 |
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Eight
Mongolian pupils will represent Mongolia
at a Asian physics olympiad to be held in Shanghai
City, China
on April 21-29. The next olympiad will take place in Mongolia. Thus, the Mongolian team
has been bound to study experience of China in hosting the olympiad. The
Asian physics olympiad is usually attended by children from 18-20 countries.
Last year, Mongolian children won one silver and two bronze medals.
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