Bard E.Baatarjav becomes Cultural Envoy
Art & CultureUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg
presented a Certificate of Cultural Envoy to bard, horsehead fiddle player and throat singer E.Baatarjav.
The inheritor of intangible cultural heritage has
successfully taken part in international festivals including the Ancient Asia
festival of Shanghai and International Festival of Throat Singing since 1995.
Moreover, he has delivered lectures about throat singing and
bagpipe performance at major universities including Stanford and Harvard and
made a valuable contribution to the promotion of Mongolia’s culture and registration
of the art as ethnic heritage in the UNESCO cultural heritage list.