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In Mongolia, the Horse-Headed Fiddle Rides Again

mongoliaonline — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:21:20 EDT

ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA — In the two decades since the Soviet Union dissolved and Mongolia became an independent democracy, the country has struggled to resuscitate cultural traditions lost during its many years as a Soviet satellite.

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Mongolia's Monster Cookie

mongoliaonline — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:21:02 EDT

Intrepid traveler, photographer and eater Uta Beyer has more on Mongolian cuisine following a recent visit to Mongolia. Here's what she writes about boortsog, the Mongolian national cookie:

"Well, over my years of travel, I have survived on bat in jungles of Borneo, nibbled on widgety grubs (giant Australian tree maggots) in the Australian outback, dined on cuy (guinea

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A Vege-What?

mongoliaonline — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:41:17 EDT

Mongolians like their meat, but a brave few are giving it up. by Andrew Cullen, 8 June 2010

An unlikely vegetarian movement is taking root in Mongolia, where livestock outnumber people 14 to 1, and annual meat consumption tops 200 pounds per person.

The first vegetarian restaurant in Mongolia, Ananda's Cafe, opened in 2006. Today more than 20 vegetarian and vegan restaurants do

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Mongolian cultural exhibition hits the road in Taiwan

mongoliaonline — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:59:45 EDT

To promote the knowledge service and exchange of Han cultures, the National Central Library today unveiled the “Mongolian Buddhist Image & Sculpture Art Exhibition,” a platform to share the public with the civilization from the mysterious country, local media reports said.

Former president of Mongolia Pu

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Mongolian Cultural Week opens in N China

mongoliaonline — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:55:39 EDT

HOHHOT - Seventy photographs showcasing Mongolian culture, history and sights will be exhibited in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, for the Mongolian Cultural Week which began Sunday, said the city government's information office.

Tourists can also experience Mongolian pop music and folk culture shows at the five-day festival, said the

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The Two Horses Of Genghis Khan

mongoliaonline — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:04:03 EDT

"The Story of the Weeping Camel" is one of the most beautiful documentaries of the nomadic people of Mongolia. Now, that filmmaker has come out with "The Two Horses of Genghis Khan."

The film takes you into the wild landscape of inner and outer Mongolia, as a young woman seeks to fulfill a promise to her grandmother.

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Mongolians brave sub-zero winter to welcome New Year

mongoliaonline — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:40:17 EST

ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Snow and sub-zero temperatures were not enough to keep Mongolians indoors on Sunday, the first day of the Lunar New Year, when the first step out the door determines the path for the rest of the year.

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Mongolian throat singers defend tradition against China

mongoliaonline — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:52:38 EST

ULAN BATOR (Reuters Life!) – Bitonal humming is not a common form of patriotic protest, but for traditional Mongolian singers, it was the best way to lay claim to an art form they say has been usurped by China.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, in November listed Mongolian throat singing as an art native to China, outraging Mongol

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Austrian has Indiana Jones moment in Mongolia - Yahoo! News

administrator — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:06:54 EDT

Digging for buried treasure in the Gobi Desert sounds like the opening scene of an Indiana Jones film. For Austrian-born Michael Eisenriegler, it was a real-life adventure.

The 40-year-old amateur archaeologist was in the Gobi over the weekend, helping to unearth Buddhist relics that had been buried for more than seven decades in a remote part of Mongolia.

Less than an hour of

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US Embassy Supports Amarbayasgalant through Arts Council

hidodorj — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:49:02 EDT

Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/ The U.S. Embassy has announced that it will contribute $86,200 to the Arts Council of Mongolia for preservation of the 18th Century Amarbaysgalant Monastery.
These funds are provided through the U.S. Ambassador?s Fund for Cultural Preservation, and will be used to help protect the monastery from the serious dangers of fire and theft. The Arts Council will

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Statue embodies Mongolian culture - The Denver Post

Tamir — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:24:06 EDT

The unveiling of the sculpture at Ulaanbaatar Park is a moment of pride for immigrants living in Denver.

The heart of the Denver Mongolian community throbbed with traditional fervor Sunday as an emblematic sculpture was unveiled in Lowry.

Dancing, singing and a contortionist's show served as precursor to the ribbon-cutting and blessing of a 20-foot stainless steel tulga statue. The Mongolia

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Hearty Food of Mongolian Winter - The Atlantic Food Channel

hidodorj — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:03:44 EDT

An article about food in Mongolia - from a slightly different angle than the regular yadiyadi. And with a (short) comment from American Ambassador Mark Minton

In the Bradt travel guide on Mongolia, there's a section about food, and in that section there's a text box titled "In Defense of Mongolian Food." It's a very, very small box. And, as it turns out, it's not so much a defense of Mongolian

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Feeling the magic of felt - Columbian.com

guido — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:40:44 EDT

She visited Mongolia in 2008 to get a sense of the felt yurt in its native land.

"Seventy percent of Mongols still live in yurts. When you get out of Ulan Bator" - the nation's capital - Arnold said, "It's a whole other world."

That's where Arnold got a first-hand look at the process she'd seen 20 years earlier in the National Geographic photograph: a Mongol herdsman on horseback making fel

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Native Indian roots? - to Mongolia and back

hidodorj — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:59:43 EDT

Some anthropologists believe that Native Americans came to be here by way of Mongolia, across the Bering Strait. But for the past three years, it has been the other way around for some Navajo students and teachers.
Greyhills Academy High School English teachers Mary Frances Begaye and Reginald Begay have led two students a year half way across the world to visit Mongolia in a student exchange pr

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S.Sarantsatsralt’s "Time" paintings in Khan Bank Theater

hidodorj — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:44:38 EDT

Artist S.Sarantsatsralt's exhibition "Time" has opened in Khan Bank's art gallery. All the 30 works on show represent time past, present and future. The artist has also marked the exact time to the second, minute, hour and date of when every work was completed. This is the 25th solo exhibition of the artist. Her works have also been shown in 64 joint exhibitions. Explaining her choice of theme, S

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