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Mongolian cultural night held at Smithsonian Institution
Art & Culture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Embassy of Mongolia to the USA in collaboration with Smithsonian Institution co-hosted the ‘Mongolian Cultural Night’ a cultural promotion event at Smithsonian Freer and Sackler Museum on July 27.
The event was organized on the occasion of the ‘Fridays at Freer’ event with large number of attendants. The Ambassador Yo.Otgonbayar made opening remarks and gave a brief introduction of Mongolian history, culture, heritage as well as historical relations and current cooperation of Mongolia and the United States.
During the cultural promotion event Mongolian artists performed Mongolian traditional, western classical music and dance performances. Artist D.Tsolmon distributed his art exhibition and short painting demonstration, also Mongolian Cuisine was served by a Mongolian restaurant.
Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, consisting of 154 million historical items and artifacts. The institution has 19 museums, 2 galleries, 9 research centers, and zoo that include historical and architectural landmarks, mostly located in Washington D.C and New York.
The event was organized on the occasion of the ‘Fridays at Freer’ event with large number of attendants. The Ambassador Yo.Otgonbayar made opening remarks and gave a brief introduction of Mongolian history, culture, heritage as well as historical relations and current cooperation of Mongolia and the United States.
During the cultural promotion event Mongolian artists performed Mongolian traditional, western classical music and dance performances. Artist D.Tsolmon distributed his art exhibition and short painting demonstration, also Mongolian Cuisine was served by a Mongolian restaurant.
Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, consisting of 154 million historical items and artifacts. The institution has 19 museums, 2 galleries, 9 research centers, and zoo that include historical and architectural landmarks, mostly located in Washington D.C and New York.
Source: mongolianembassy.us
