Ulaanbaatar mayor meets the best national cultural heritage bearer of 2019
Art & CultureUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Ulaanbaatar authorities led by Governor of the capital city and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar S.Amarsaikhan on February 18 met with A.Baldandorj who had been awarded Mongolia’s Best Cultural Heritage Bearer of the year of 2019 on the same day.
Congratulating the intangible cultural heritage bearer on his achievement, Governor S.Amarsaikhan thanked him for upholding the value of Mongolian cultural heritage bearers and passing down the age-old traditions and wisdom of Mongolians to the younger generation.
Epic-teller A.Baldandorj expressed his gratitude to the Mayor for the meeting and undertook to continue to promote Mongolia to the world.
Having inherited the art of epic telling from his father, the epic-teller, a native of Khovd aimag, has been telling epics for 28 years. He represented Mongolia at the First International Bakhshi Art (Singing Epic Tales) Festival and received the Bearer of Ancestral Heritage Award.