Ulaanbaatar
More than 500 dancers from Mongolia and Japan participate in Milky Way Dance Festival
Art & Culture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On August 23, the ‘Milky Way’
Dance Festival was held on the central square of the capital, on the occasion of
the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between
Mongolia and Japan.
For the festival, organized at an initiative of the Honorary
Consul of Mongolia in Tokushima Prefecture, Kawauchi Shiro, more than 150
delegates from the Japanese side arrived in Mongolia. More than 500
Mongolian and Japanese dancers participated in the Milky Way festival.
The opening ceremony was attended by Chairman of the State
Great Khural G. Zandanshatar, Deputy Mayor of Ulaanbaatar Z. Tumurtumuu,
Japanese Ambassador to Mongolia Kobyashi Hiroyuki and other officials.
At the opening, Chairman of the State Great Khural G.
Zandanshatar said, “On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, 2022 has been
declared the Year of Friendship and Exchanges between Mongolian and Japanese Children
and Youth, and we are pleased to jointly organize a wide range of cultural events
throughout the year. I would like to express my deep gratitude to Kawauchi
Shiro, Honorary Consul of Mongolia in Tokushima, who makes a valuable
contribution to strengthening the precious ties between our two countries by
organizing the Milky Way Joint Cultural and Art Festival. I am very glad
that the festival of friendship that is showing the unique heritage and culture
of the two countries is taking place as part of the celebration of historical
50th anniversary.”
