First-ever festival of knuckle-bone shooting takes place

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Anudari.M
anudari@montsame.gov.mn
2018-08-28 15:54:32
Selenge/MONTSAME/ ‘Buur Kheeriin Toirom’, first-ever festival of knuckle-bone shooting, was organized in Buur Kheer steppe area, Selenge aimag on August 25-26, at an initiative of the aimag’s Governor Sh.Orgil. 

A purpose of the festival was to promote and inherit knuckle-bone shooting, which was inscribed on the UNESCO's  Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Over 200 knuckle-bone shooters from Ulaanbaatar city and Darkhan-Uul, Orkhon, Bulgan Tuv and Dornogobi aimags competed in the event for two days.
 
M.Anudari
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