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“Embassy of Mongolia in Washington DC adopts McKinley Middle School”
Art & CultureUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Embassy of Mongolia in the USA is participating in Washington Performing Arts’ Embassy adoption program in the academic years of 2015-2016 and is working with McKinley STEM Middle School to promote and share Mongolian culture and history under its 6th grade Social Studies curriculum, the MFA published Wednesday.
In January, Dr M.Saruul-Erdene first visited the school and taught about the history, culture and the Mongolian language, and talked about the tales of the Queen Alungua and transcribed students’ name in Mongolian Traditional script.
This month Artist and Sculptor Gankhuyag Natsag taught about the Buddhist arts and culture and explained the meaning of the Buddhist dance “Tsam”. At the end of the class students draw their own creative masks and explained the good meaning behind their art work.
Through the programme to continue until June, professional artists and students will volunteer their time to teach Mongolian dance and its climate change policy in next three months.
At the end of the programme students will represent Mongolia at the Model UN and visit the embassy to present what they have learned about our country.
