The Ganga Lake Festival is a new event initiated in 2014 for the preservation of the delicate Ganga Lake ecosystem and the local Dariganga minority culture in Sukhbaatar province (eastern Mongolia). The festival is to take place on 05-06 September this year.
Despite being a small lake of only 4 sq.m in size, the Ganga Lake is famous among the Mongolians and international bird watchers for being a home to the annual Swan gathering in autumn, swans and other migrating birds group in the Ganga Lake and prepare for their long journey for spending winter in warm destinations. The Ganga is a freshwater lake and situated in the steppe long with a few other smaller lakes near the Dari Mountain and Moltsog sand dunes. The area was taken in the state protection as the unique ecosystem of the Dariganga area in the late 1990s, however, in the late years the bionetwork has been damaged greatly due to the global climate change and fault of man such as mining.
The Dariganga ethnic minority inhabits the Dariganga region and is noted for being the best silversmiths among the Mongols and also fine horsemen. The Dariganga style of silversmith is uniquely sophisticated design and the Dariganga silversmiths have refined and passed the technology from father to son for centuries. Moreover, the area is also well-known for a traditional ground-oven, which is only built and used by the Dariganga women.
The Ganga Lake festival will last for 2 days on 05-06 September and will showcase the best of the Dariganga culture and raise awareness on the vanishing ecosystem of the Ganga Lake. During the festival, there will be music performances of the locals, felt making ceremony, market of local dairy products, embroidery and silversmith workshop and trade, meeting of the Dariganga researchers, horse races, folk song contest, and also the local horsemen will show off their famous horse culture for visitors.
For more info about the event, tickets and package tours, please contact New Juulchin Tours 7010-9401 or 9900-3506.
Photos are provided by Juulchin World Tours.
Prepared by Zola, General Manager of Mongolian Tourism Association for GoGo Travel. © All rights reserved 2015. www.TravelMongolia.org; Tel/Fax: +976-7000-7820
The Ganga Lake Festival is a new event initiated in 2014 for the preservation of the delicate Ganga Lake ecosystem and the local Dariganga minority culture in Sukhbaatar province (eastern Mongolia). The festival is to take place on 05-06 September this year.
Despite being a small lake of only 4 sq.m in size, the Ganga Lake is famous among the Mongolians and international bird watchers for being a home to the annual Swan gathering in autumn, swans and other migrating birds group in the Ganga Lake and prepare for their long journey for spending winter in warm destinations. The Ganga is a freshwater lake and situated in the steppe long with a few other smaller lakes near the Dari Mountain and Moltsog sand dunes. The area was taken in the state protection as the unique ecosystem of the Dariganga area in the late 1990s, however, in the late years the bionetwork has been damaged greatly due to the global climate change and fault of man such as mining.
The Dariganga ethnic minority inhabits the Dariganga region and is noted for being the best silversmiths among the Mongols and also fine horsemen. The Dariganga style of silversmith is uniquely sophisticated design and the Dariganga silversmiths have refined and passed the technology from father to son for centuries. Moreover, the area is also well-known for a traditional ground-oven, which is only built and used by the Dariganga women.
The Ganga Lake festival will last for 2 days on 05-06 September and will showcase the best of the Dariganga culture and raise awareness on the vanishing ecosystem of the Ganga Lake. During the festival, there will be music performances of the locals, felt making ceremony, market of local dairy products, embroidery and silversmith workshop and trade, meeting of the Dariganga researchers, horse races, folk song contest, and also the local horsemen will show off their famous horse culture for visitors.
For more info about the event, tickets and package tours, please contact New Juulchin Tours 7010-9401 or 9900-3506.
Photos are provided by Juulchin World Tours.
Prepared by Zola, General Manager of Mongolian Tourism Association for GoGo Travel. © All rights reserved 2015. www.TravelMongolia.org; Tel/Fax: +976-7000-7820