Ulaanbaatar
National Language and Script Day observed
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ May 5, Friday saw a ceremony in front of the National Library in connection to National Language and Script Day which was co-observed on May 7, by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports, National Council on Language Policy under the President, Committee on Culture and Arts, National University of Mongolia, Library of Ulaanbaatar, Children’s Library, Junior Center of Creative Arts and Institute of Language and Literature of Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
The day was marked in scope of the 105th Presidential decree issued in 2003 which aimed to intensify efforts directed at preservation of traditional script and native language and raise awareness. The National Language and Script Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May, every year.
This year, several events including exhibitions featuring the works and portraits of linguists and authors, calligraphy and rare books, academic conference, traditional Mongolian script Olympiad and target-group workshop were held last week.
“Mongolia has set a goal to convert to a dual-script system of traditional Mongolian script and Cyrillic script by 2025”, remarked J.Batsuuri, Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sports during the opening ceremony. “Every person should understand the importance of conservation of traditional script which is a national cultural heritage”.
Moreover, a ceremony to present the traditional Mongolian script version of ‘Kanjur and Tanjur’ Buddhist scriptures was held on May 5. Graduates of 1983 and 1985 of the school of Baganuur district gifted the scriptures to the National Library.
The day was marked in scope of the 105th Presidential decree issued in 2003 which aimed to intensify efforts directed at preservation of traditional script and native language and raise awareness. The National Language and Script Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May, every year.
This year, several events including exhibitions featuring the works and portraits of linguists and authors, calligraphy and rare books, academic conference, traditional Mongolian script Olympiad and target-group workshop were held last week.
“Mongolia has set a goal to convert to a dual-script system of traditional Mongolian script and Cyrillic script by 2025”, remarked J.Batsuuri, Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sports during the opening ceremony. “Every person should understand the importance of conservation of traditional script which is a national cultural heritage”.
Moreover, a ceremony to present the traditional Mongolian script version of ‘Kanjur and Tanjur’ Buddhist scriptures was held on May 5. Graduates of 1983 and 1985 of the school of Baganuur district gifted the scriptures to the National Library.
Kh.Aminaa
