‘Nomadic Mongolia-2022’ festival attracts 16,000 tourists
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. ‘Nomadic Mongolia – 2022’ grand festival of intangible cultural heritage was held on August 12-14, 2022 at the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park with aim to promote 362 elements of intangible cultural heritage, attracting more than 16,000 foreign and Mongolian tourists. The festival was participated by 1227 inheritors of intangible cultural heritage from nine districts of the capital city and 21 aimags.
In his remarks delivered at the closing ceremony of the festival, Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia S.Amarsaikhan said, "The main basis for the survival and national identity of any country or ethnic group is its heritage and culture. We, Mongolians, have many ethnic groups, such as Barga, Bayad, Buryad, Darkhad, Dariganga, Durvud, Zakhchin, Myangad, Naiman, Oirad, Uuld, Torguud, Sartuul, Uriankhai, Uzemchin, Khalkh, Khalimag, Kharchin, Khorchin, Hotgoid, Tsaatan, Tsakhar. At a time when the world is looking for ways to integrate Sustainable Development in all areas and efforts are being made to protect biological and cultural diversity, protecting the indigenous culture of the nomads, recognizing and passing on the heritage of the ethnic groups is the first priority not only for us Mongolians, but also for mankind. This year's ‘Nomadic Mongolia’ festival has expanded in terms of its scope from the previous festivals, and ended up being more unique and innovative in terms of content, form, and organization. In the future, we will implement programs and projects aimed at preserving, promoting, and passing on our nomadic heritage, supporting and encouraging cultural heritage inheritors, improving universal cultural heritage education, and increasing the contribution of creative production based on cultural heritage to society and the economy”.
