Mongolian pouch crafting hopes to set Guinness World Record

Politics
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2017-01-25 16:26:08

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian embroiderers and officials from the Bogd Khan Palace Museum and Cultural Heritage Center announced on January 25 that a Mongolian pouch crafting would be registered into the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.

S.Gantsetseg, Executive Director of “Egneshgui sanaa" NGO (literal meaning Unique Initiatives) informed on the press conference held today, "We sent our request to register the Mongolian pouch crafting into the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO in 2010”.

To accelerate the matter, a replica of Bogd Khaan's pouch will be nominated to the Guinness book. The crafting process of the pouch will start during the opening ceremony of the “Embroidery art wonder” exhibition, which will take place at the Bogd Khaan Palace Museum on January 27.  

The duplicate of the Bogd Khaan’s pouch will be crafted as 225cmx88cm four times bigger than the actual size of original pouch of Bogd Khaan. It will be nominated for “the biggest pouch crafted by the most number of people” in the Guiness records. 

The exhibition will display the best of modern day embroidery works and rare collections of Bogd Khaan Palace Museum to the public, including the original pouch of Bogd Khaan. 

 

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