Ulaanbaatar
Old Buddhist festival to be restored
Art & CultureUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian Buddhist monasteries and the UB City are organizing a religious festival "Danshig Naadam" at Khui Doloon Khudag’s Naadam Complex on August 8 and 9.
The festival is dedicated to the 380th birthday of the High Saint Zanabazar, the first Bogd Khaan of Mongolia and the founder of Ulaanbaatar, said the organizers at a press conference July 24," it will be celebrated in a way of many hundred-year tradition". The organizers also consider that the Danshig will be an opportunity to advertize national culture and traditions and to restore the Buddhist rituals for the faithful.
Mongolian Tourism Market (MTM) for the foreign guests will be operating at the festival site. The religious dance "Tsam" and Danshig rituals will be performed, as these traditions are nominated to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritages of the UNESCO.
During the festival, monks from all Buddhist monasteries will gather at the Chingis Square to dedicate blessings. The Danshig’s wrestling competition will be participated by 256 wrestlers, and horse races will be held in three age categories.
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