Projects overview
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Online Mongolian Cultural Resources
This project involves the creation of a comprehensive online database of articles, images, documents and reports, statistics and links concerning Mongolia's tangible and intangible heritage, with a particular focus on traditional and contemporary nomadic cultures. The "Culture Mongolia" webspace, hosted on the present website, is being expanded to include information on Mongolia's monuments, folk arts, religious and spiritual beliefs, nomadic traditions, language and literature, cultural policy, museums and cultural organizations, and historic and cultural figures. more »
Promotion of Mongolian World Heritage
Mongolia currently has two World Heritage Sites, including the Orxon Valley Cultural Landscape cultural site. A number of other cultural and mixed sites have been proposed for nomination to the World Heritage List, and are expected to be inscribed in the coming years. The Mandal Fund is sponsoring the preparation of interpretive materials for all cultural World Heritage Sites in Mongolia, beginning with the Orxon Valley Cultural Landscape. more »
Cultural Heritage Restoration in Dornogov' Aimag
The East Gobi province of Mongolia possesses an extremely rich and diverse cultural heritage - including a traditional camel-breeding culture, sacred sites and monasteries, and various historic sites associated with Noyon Xutagt Danzanravzhaa. This project aims to restore these sites and traditions and to develop a strategy for better making use of these resources by involving local communities and residents in income-generating activities within the tourism sector. more »
Study of Rock Art and Inscriptions of the Mongolian Altai
The abundant rock art encountered along the Altai Mountain range in western Mongolia is a rich and vital element of the cultural heritage of the Central Asian nomads. Representing an artistic tradition extending from the early Stone Age up to the middle ages, these cave paintings and carved and pecked petroglyphs - often associated with sacred sites and ritual complexes - depict a diversity of themes illustrating the aesthetic and spiritual outlook of the Mongols' nomadic ancestors. In many cases a direct link can be drawn between these rock images and the contemporary artistic and spiritual traditions of the Mongols. Unfortunately, however, the rock art sites of Mongolia remain largely undocumented, and no systematic action has yet been taken to ensure their protection and conservation. This project aims to produce a detailed public inventory of the rock art of the Mongolian Altai mountains, and to develop initial measures for their conservation. more »
 | In commemoration of the legacy and teachings of His Holiness Dulduit Danzanravzhaa Fifth Wrathful Noble Xutagt of the Great Gobi (1803-1856) I did not overbearingly sophize Nor preach with pride and arrogance But having found a sense in this world Spoke the truth of my dear heart. |   |