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Exhibition on life in ancient Mongolia to open in Italy PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 06 August 2007

 ImageAn Italian association is preparing a major exhibition, to be held in Italy, highlighting life in ancient Mongolia. 

From August 10 through October, the association Soyombo will sponsor the exhibit on Mongolia in the Italian town of Magione. 

The wide-ranging exhibit will include more than 120 object of everyday life in Mongolia including yerts, furniture, teapot, clothing such as hats, boots, knives and flint-lock rifles, agate and silver snuffle bottles, silver belts, religious books, stamps, coins, paper money, bow and arrows, naadam celebration arrows, naadam celebration wrestlers’ costumes,

reconstructions of  medieval helmets, saddles, whips and stirrups, shamans’ drums and mirrors, traditional paintings, and additional artifacts. 

Also, lectures will be presented on life in ancient Mongolia during the exhibition. 

The Soyombo association was formed in 1984 as the Italian-Mongolian Association. Its purpose is to explain Mongolian culture to Italians and Italian culture to Mongolians.

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