Ulaanbaatar
National artists perform at the European Folklore Festival
Art & Culture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ For the first time, Mongolia participated in the 30th European Folklore Festival held in Neustadt in Holstein, Germany between July 26 and August 3.
More than 400 artists
of 14 folk bands from 11 countries took part in the festival organized since
1951. Three generations of national performers aged between 18 and 83 including
folk dancers and intangible cultural heritage artists performed at the
festival.
The festival opened with a parade
of traditional dance and music of various nations and continued with special
performances of each country. Our performance featuring khoomei (traditional
throat singing), traditional music by Boerte-Ethnic band and traditional dance
such as bii biyelgee astonished the audience.
This participation was included
in the commemoration activities for the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relation
between Mongolia and Federal Republic Germany by the initiation of Cultural
Envoy of Mongolia O.Oyuntuya. ‘Arts and Media Project Management and Consulting NGO
coordinated Mongolian participation in cooperation with Culture and Arts
Authority of Mongolia, the Government implementing agency.
By the lead of brilliant
performance of Boerte-Ethnic band, Mongolian folk artists promoted Mongolian
culture, traditional clothes, and folklore arts in the acclaimed festival. Both
parties agreed to continue Mongolia’s participation in the upcoming triennial
festival.
