The ‘Mongolian Press Photo-2019’ exhibition opened today (22 March) at the National Modern Art Gallery in central Ulaanabaatar and will run until Sunday. The exhibition is organised by the United Association of Mongolian Photographers in cooperation with photographers from the

Nauryz is a new year celebration for Mongolia’s Kazakhs, many of whom live in the Bayan Ulgii province. Kazakhs call the month of March ‘Nauryz’ – this is the time of renewed life which comes with the spring. The non-religious

It has become a spring tradition in Mongolia that international circus troupes perform in Ulaanbaatar’s circus arena. This year, international stars from Russia, France, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Poland as well as Mongolian contortionists will play their best performances at the

BBC Radio, one of the world’s best radio stations, is making a podcast about Mongolian hip hop. According to T.Munkh-Erdene, well known by his stage name ‘Big Gee’, he and other hip hop artists have given interviews to the BBC.

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Mongolian singer S.Tsogtsaikhan has won the Grand Prix of ‘World Folk Vision’ an international festival named after Saudi Arabian King Abdullah. The festival took place at Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia from 9-19 March.

Artists from over 100 countries

A band from Mongolia that blends the screaming guitars of heavy metal and traditional Mongolian guttural singing has picked up 8 million views for its two videos. The Hu call their style “hunnu rock” — from the Mongolian root word

Young Mongolian rapper D.Munkhtulga, better known by his stage name of ‘Don Dior’ has been handed a suspended jail sentence for drug possession after having pleaded guilty. He received a one-year suspended sentence. He was arrested on Light Street which

The First Morin Khuur Festival in the USA took place in the city of Ann Arbor in Michigan, on 9-10 March. Initiated by ‘Khuurchiinkhan’ Morin Khuur Learning Centre, the festival was organized by the Mongolian Cultural Organization at the University