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Following Chinggis Khaan's tracks
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 Set between Russian Siberia and China is one of the least known and most fascinating countries. There are Buddhist monasteries with monks draped in silk robes chanting prayers, horsemen galloping on half wild horses balancing their unique Mongolian rod lasso and everywhere you turn the white ger felt tents] of the nomads dot the countryside.
All of this in a breathtaking and untouched landscape of rolling grasslands, dramatic mountain ranges, forests and fast flowing rivers. Mongolia is a land with a rich and bloody history. Around the year 1200 Chinggis Khaan united all the nomadic tribes of Mongolia to form one nation.
We can trace the momentous changing times of this nation. The ancient capital Kharkhorin was the seat of power, ruling over the largest empire of all time, spreading over China, Russia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Mongolia later became a Buddhist country and built hundreds of monasteries with thousands of monks under Chinese domination. In 1921 Mongolia became the second communist country, a satellite state of Russia until the Soviet regime fell. In this era, there was a massive slaughter of Buddhist monks with destruction of monasteries.
In 1990 Mongolia regained its freedom and independence. Once again the monasteries revived, being restored with the prayer wheels of the pilgrims turning again. But time has not touched the Mongolian grasslands where life is much as it was in the time of Chinggis Khaan. Mongolians are still nomadic people, living in their gers made of felt, tending their sheep, camels, yaks, horses and living on all that nature provides but remember there is more than one kind of life style to experience in Mongolia. .
Traveller! Our world is at your feet.
So Why Mongolia? Read all about it and come and we will help you to see! |
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June 20 to July 1, 2005: Roaring Hooves International Music Festival
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Perhaps only in Mongolia does the phrase "the sound of roaring hooves" have such a profound meaning. In a land in which wild horses have roamed across the terrain since antiquity the horse has been a central figure in the nation's legendary landscape. It is therefore quite fitting that the great international festival that takes place in the Gobi desert is called "Roaring Hooves". |
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June 26, 2005: "The World and Melody" 2nd International Folk Art Festival
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The first International Folk Art Festival "The World and Melody" hosted participants from all over the world representing their spectacular folk art performances. |
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July 10-11, 2005: The Naadam Festival
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The Naadam Festival, a traditional celebration inherited from ancient times, is the biggest national event for Mongolians. |
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July 24, 2005: Mongolian National Costume Festival
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The Mongolian National Costume Festival is a bright example of culture that introduces foreign guests to the marvels of national costumes and folk performances in the country. |
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August 2005: Yak Festival
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Mongolia rates number two in the world for its number of yaks. It is a tradition in Mongolia to hold an annual Yak Festival hallowing this strong and productive animal which dwells largely in the highlands of the country. |
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August 7, 2005: The Grand Orchestra of the Mongolian National Song and Dance
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The Grand Orchestra of the Mongolian National Song and Dance consists of musical instruments including string instruments, wind instruments, and percussion instruments and will perform outdoors amongst the green landscape of beautiful Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. |
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August 14, 2005: The Great Chinggis Khaan's Imperial Guards' Offering Ceremony To Summon Ancestral Spirits
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This festival is specifically organized to introduce foreign guests to the life, culture and history of Mongolians including the Great Chinggis Khaan, other kings and queens, nobles, warriors and nomadic people that lived in the 13th century. |
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August 13-14 and September 17-18, 2005: Nomad's Day
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A demonstration of traditions of Mongolian nomads including felt making, the preparation of airag, herding, nomadic fests, mini Naadam and a host of other customs that will leave visitors with a sense of discovery. |
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October 2005: The Eagle Festival
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One of the oldest, most revered and spectacular celebrations of Mongolia's Kazakh people, passed down from generation to generation, is hunting with specially trained eagles. |
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