Traditional Performing Arts

Eagle hunting became very famous festival in western Mongolia. Researchers believe that the tradition of eagle hunting originated among Central Asian nomads about 7,000 years ago. Mongolia is the best country to preserve this ...

Traditional Performing Arts

Mongolian Contortion Techniques and Its Historical Meanings

Mongulai Apr 8, 2018

One of the precious and rare cultural heritages of the nomadic Mongolians is contortion. Apparently, contortion is a form of traditional art created to display the beauty of the human body. It is based ...

Traditional Performing Arts

Tsam (Religious Mask Dance )

Mongulai Apr 8, 2018

Tsam dance is a part of secret tantric rituals. Although its origin is traced to Tibet, the tsam dance is enriched with various Mongol cultural elements, namely the creative imagination and aesthetics of Mongol ...

Traditional Performing Arts

Mongolian Bii Biyelgee Dance (Body Dancing)

Mongulai Apr 8, 2018

The Mongolian traditional folk dance (Biyelgee Dance) has evolved within open space of the Mongolian felt dwellings (ger), herders’ communities, and the wild steppe. As a very specific form of the traditional performing arts ...

Traditional Performing Arts

Traditional Art Of Whistling

Mongulai Apr 8, 2018

The art of whistling covers skills of melodious whistling, which is different from ordinary whistling. The Mongolian art of whistling calls for the mouth cavity to function as a sound box. The whistling art ...

Traditional Performing Arts

Khoomei (Larynx Crooning) – Mongolian Cultural Heritage

Mongulai Apr 8, 2018

Mongol khoomei is an outstanding heritage representing the nomadic Mongolians’ contribution to the cultural heritage of humanity. Created, maintained and inherited by the Mongolian people from generation to generation, khoomei is a type of ...

Traditional Performing Arts

What is Mongolian Wrestling?

Mongulai Apr 8, 2018

Mongolian wrestling is the essential part of the national festival of Mongolia. The functions and rules of Mongolian wrestling are not only meant to test the pair of wrestlers’ strength and prowes, but to ...

Traditional Performing Arts

Giingoo, The Song Of The Horse-Jockeys

Mongulai Apr 8, 2018

Organizing and enjoying horse races is an important part of the annual Mongolian festivals. Horse races are a unique tradition involving horses and jockeys. The tradition includes singing a long song before and after ...

Traditional Performing Arts

Melodies To Cause A Mother-Animal To Accept It’s Young

Mongulai Apr 8, 2018

Traditions and rituals related to animal husbandry hold a major position in the Mongolian traditional practices and customs. One of the most important is the singing meant to cause a mother-animal to accept its ...