Ulaanbaatar
Winners of Mongolians in Deel festival selected
Art & Culture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. ‘Mongolians in Deel’ festival
aimed at promoting Mongolian culture and heritage, characteristics of the
country’s national costume, Deel, ethnic costumes and accessories, and
intangible and tangible folk heritage, and passing down the culture and
traditions to the younger generation through a fashion show of traditional
clothing took place at the Sukhbaatar Square on July 09.
This
year is the 16th anniversary of the festival that was first organized in 2006
in Ulaanbaatar by the Mongolian Tourism Association and Mongol Costumes
LLC.
This year’s event
attended by residents from nine districts of the capital city, several aimags
namely Arkhangai, Bayan-Ulgii, Umnugobi, Dornod, Sukhbaatar, as well as foreign
tourists. During the festival, numerous
interesting events such as parades of people, art performances, show collection
of traditional Mongolian clothes, and selection of top
participants, Mongolian customs and tradition town activities and fair of
national clothing producers were held.
The jury selected the best in nominations such as 'the youngest
participant', 'the most beautiful couple with Deel', 'the most beautiful foreign couple with Deel',
'the best performance', etc.
‘Irmuun’
club of the Children’s Palace of Uvurkhangai aimag and children from Khentii
aimag took the first place at the competition. Among the districts of the
capital, Songinokhairkhan district was selected as the best participant. More
than 1,700 citizens representing 43 districts of the district participated in
the parade dressed in national costumes.
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