Ulaanbaatar
Photographers to promote nomadic culture
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Confederation of Mongolian Photographers organized its first spring photography event with the theme ‘Movement – 2017’ in Ugtaaltsaidam and Tseel soums of Tuv aimag this week.
More than 70 photographers including State Honored Cultural Figure S.Tsatsralt partook in the event which aimed to promote traditional nomadic culture and develop rural tourism.
In addition to local photographers from Selenge, Tuv, Darkhan, Gobisumber and Erdenet, 5 photographers came to participate in the nomadic cultural event from Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China.
The photographers visited the winter camp of herdsman N.Saruul in Tseel soum, and witnessed the shooting of ‘Horseman’ TV program of Mongolian National Broadcaster to capture precious moments of Mongolian herders and horsemen.
Mongolian National Broadcaster, UBS TV, Unuudur and Ardchilal (Democracy) newspapers and other news websites supported the photography event. The Confederation of Mongolian Photographers plans to organize such an event to promote local tourism and nomadic culture through photography on annual basis.
