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Picture from VOM Web The ‘Genghis Khan’ exhibition about the Mongol Empire as well as the Great Khan of the Empire and his descendants has officially opened in Kansas City in the U.S. state of Missouri. Around 300 guests including Ambassador of Mongolia to the United States Otgonbayar attended the opening event held at Union Station Kansas City, enjoying Mongolian folk art concert. The exhibition, which is of great importance in presenting Mongolia’s customs, culture, life, and history to U.S. people and deepening understanding between the peoples of the two countries, offers an opportunity to experience life in 13th-century Mongolia by visiting replicas of tents, battlegrounds, and marketplaces and view 200 spectacular objects from that period such as gold jewelry and ornaments, silk robes, musical instruments, pottery, and sophisticated weaponry. 

Exhibition of artists of Bayan-Ulgii aimag on Mongolia Through Artworks Mongolia Through Artworks ; Picture from Voice of Mongolia Website

Mongolian team wins second place at the 18th ABU Robocon 2019 Mongolia. ABU Robocon started in 1991, extended the concept from NHK Robocon which restricted to teams from Japan only. Robocon  Each year the competition has different topics, but generally speaking two or more robots must be used to complete the tasks. One of the robots would be manual control while the others are automatic. The best robots usually weight more than 10 kg and span in one square meter area. To build the robots, contestants, who are restricted to be undergraduate students, must possess rich knowledge in programming, mechanical designand electronic circuit design. Each game is between two teams, often named red and blue. The playing field is symmetrical and robots from both teams start at the same condition (except for Robocon 2015 which employed a turn-based game based on badminton).  [Source: ABU_Robocon_2019_Web] 18th ABU Robocon 2019 Mongolia Th...

Mongolian team wins second place at international robot contest Picture Credit: Voice of Mongolia Webpage Under the auspices of Prime Minister Khurelsukh, the 18th ABU Robocon 2019 Mongolia, the international robot contest was jointly held in Ulaanbaatar, organized by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union and the Mongolian National Public Radio and Television. As the host country, two national teams of Mongolia got the right to partake in the competition. Out of 17 teams of 16 countries, the Hong Kong team won first place by defeating the first team of Mongolia in the final match. Furthermore, Best Idea Award went to the Indonesian team, Best Engineering Award to the Chinese team and Best Design Award to the Japanese team. 

‘Treasures of Chinggis Khaan descendants’ will open at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia in October. Within the framework of ‘Mongolian heritage spread around the world’ project, an exhibition titled ‘Treasures of Chinggis Khaan descendants’ will open at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia in October. The exhibition will feature rare findings related to the Mongol Empire, especially to the Golden Horde. In addition, the National Museum of Mongolia and the Institute of History and Archaeology plan to display every 10 exhibits at the upcoming exhibition. According to the Cabinet’s decision made at its regular meeting on August 14, the cost of organizing the exhibition will be covered from the Government Reserve Fund. Within the framework of ‘Mongolian heritage spread around the world’ project, an exhibition titled ‘Treasures of Chinggis Khaan descendants’ will open at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia in October. The exhibition will...

Picture from VOM Web Mongolian peacekeeper Otgonjargal who is serving in UNMISS peacekeeping operation won first place in the women's category of ‘ Dancon UNMISS 2019’ march. She is a senior leader of Firefighting and rescues unit No.32 of the Emergency Department of Khentii province.  The 25 km marathon has been organized among international peacekeepers since 1972. Participants must carry 10 kg to compete in the tournament. Some 352 peacekeepers from 37 countries competed in the march, of which 157 were women. Otgonjargal is the third Mongolian woman serving in the UNMISS peacekeeping operation. Source: VOM English

Picture From Voice of Mongolia English Web Mongolia has it's unique Culture , Tea Road  Cultural festival is one of them. From the 13 th  to on the 16 th  of August, “Tea Road” heritage and cultural festival will be organized for the second time in Khovdaimag, home to many ethnic groups.  There are people of 17 ethnic groups, such as Altai Uriankhai, Durvud, Zakhchin, Myangad, Olot, Torghut, Khalkha, Khoshut, Kazakh and Tuvathat live in 17 soums of Khovd province. This festival aims to promote and pass down the tangible and intangible cultural heritage, folk art and tea culture of these ethnic communities and develop the local tourism sector.  The festival will host a number of events, including a camel caravan, a mini-Naadam festival, and a horse riding contest, tea ceremony, folk art shows, and acrobat performances. Also, as part of the festival, a tour to the Gurvan Tsenkher Cave in Mankhansoum, a concert of Mongolian epic and Limbe, a Mongolian n...