1. Long song (Urtiin Duu) Almost every Mongolian folk concert begins with a long song, a song with long notes. Think of

(1400 years old) The original Altai Yatga (Altai Harp) musical instrument was found in 2008, in Mankhan soum of Khovd pr

You are on the naadam field. Look around. Do you see wrestling or horseracing? Or do you see men, women and children sho

For thousands of years, nomadic herders of Mongolia roamed across the country-side from season to season. Dry, windy are

You are in Mongolia, the land of horse riders and horse lovers. There is one horse for every Mongolian. By the end of 20

Even though naadam’s original nickname is “three manly games” meaning the wrestling, horse-racing and archery, the fourt

In the center of an exhibition hall, a brush-performed painting looks like a big shining sun. A viewer wonders whether t

It is Naadam time in Mongolia –a nomadic festival celebrated at the very least for centuries, and an important time for

The extraordinary talented scholar and a Buddhist lama, Shagj Sangajav, lived in Mongolia from 1886-1938. In this applic