History-based applique travels across Mongolia

Politics
amina@montsame.mn
2017-01-09 09:07:14

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/  A thread-knotting ceremony for an embroidery appliqué based on the Secret History of the Mongols will take place on January 9 in Dornod, informed the local authority.

The creation of the embroidery appliqué of the Secret History of the Mongols is an initiation of ‘Craftsmen of Khan Khentii’ LLC based in Khentii province. Depicting the life of Chinggis Khaan and the history and traditions of Mongolians in the 13th century with inclusion of the images of petroglyphs and deer stone, the embroidery appliqué project is filling 1.8 metres tall and 108 metres long felt.

The project initiators decided that the public should have an opportunity to knot a thread on the historic art piece, therefore the appliqué has been travelling around the country. So far, more than 3,800 citizens from 19 provinces have contributed to the making of the appliqué, and Dornod province becomes the 20th to host the thread-knotting ceremony.

Until now, 1 million 994  thousand metres of thread made of camel wool has been used on 100 metres long felt, and the project’s completion is expected in February to furthermore inaugurate the rare art piece in April in the capital city.

The ‘Craftsmen of Khan Khentii’ LLC intends to register the embroidery appliqué in the Guinness Book, and have submitted the necessary file to the corresponding institution.

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