Улаанбаатар
Forum discusses fading practice of family tree
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On February 6-7, Family, Youth And Child Development Agency in cooperation with Mongolian Lineage and Tradition Association is organizing the first national forum on pedigree to discuss its vital importance and timely issues surrounding the practice.
The forum’s opening ceremony was addressed by B.Khaliun, Director of Family, Youth And Child Development Agency, J.Tudevdorj, Head of the Lineage and Tradition Association NGO, D.Regdel, President of Mongolian Academy of Sciences and B.Enkh-Amgalan, Member of Parliament.
Mongolians have a long history of building family trees of one's preceding nine generations. It is clear that the practice of building family trees was quite obligatory and at the same time regular among the Mongols. However, since its weakening in the 1920s, the tradition is now scarcely practiced across Mongolia.
Today, a study suggests that there are only 700 people who build family trees on national level. Also, there's even an individual who knows the history of 41 generations before him.
In order to raise awareness on the importance of restarting the tradition on every family level, the first forum is thus held, gathering about more than 100 delegates, including Members of Parliament and members and supporters of the Lineage and Tradition Association.
The association operates branches in every 21 province and every khoroo of the 9 districts of Ulaanbaatar, and all the branches were represented at the forum to convey the voices of Mongolians around the country.
