Ulaanbaatar
USD 172 thousand approved for project to preserve Biyelgee
Art & Culture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Intergovernmental
Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is holding its 16th
session in Paris, France on December 13-18.
Representatives of Mongolian
Ministry of Culture, Permanent Delegation of Mongolia to UNESCO, and Mongolian
National Commission for UNESCO participated in the session virtually.
On December 16, the Intergovernmental
Committee approved a USD 172 thousand budget for the ‘Sustaining and Passing
Down Mongol Biyelgee’ project submitted by Mongolia in 2018 to preserve the ‘Mongol
Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance’, which was inscribed on the List of
Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding on 2009.
The project will be
implemented between 2022 and 2024 with support from the UNESCO Intangible
Cultural Heritage Fund.
