The 1st Morin Khuur Festival in the USA 2019
The Mongolian Cultural Organization is a small group mainly run by students at the University of Michigan. Our purpose is to introduce Mongolian culture, tradition, language, and history, promote closer educational relations between the United States of America and Mongolia, and encourage students and community members to be a part of the MCO. This year, we wanted to do something meaningful and special and bravely decided to organize The 1st Morin Khuur Festival in the USA.
The Morin Khuur, also known as “horse head fiddle”, is a traditional Mongolian instrument. It was first introduced and performed in the US in 1962, the year that Mongolia joined the United Nation. “Mongolian Traditional Music of the Morin Khuur” was proclaimed by UNESCO as one of the “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” in 2003 and inscribed in the “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” in 2008. Since then morin khuur became a world renowned musical instrument and foreign conservatories begun to teach morin khuur professionally. Therefore, it is essential to have an undertaking to further expand the growth and the artistic development of morin khuur.
Through this festival, we aspire to: promote Mongolian culture in the US; encourage everyone to further learn about morin khuur; evaluate the craftsmanship progress of modern morin khuur; introduce the history and evolution of playing techniques; and determine the vision for the future development.
For more information about the event, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Festival/The-1st-Morin-Khuur-Festival-in-the-USA-261830797848195/
All the money donated to this campaign will go to the event operation, venue rentals, and guest accommodations.
We're so happy to let you know that the "Mongolian Melody" morin khuur concert, which is part of our festival activity, ticket is now officially on sale! If you are planning to watch the concert during the festival then please visit the following page to buy your ticket! Also, please note that we have limited seat availability, thus we strongly encourage you to secure your spot as early as you can! Thanks and looking forward to see you all at the concert!
https://muto.umich.edu/events/60951-14990966?fbclid=IwAR1nHHhu92xMKm2UeV3LXPa1qfbIlXIRJSt0LNvnTfXipgPwdT2fuS-U3DU
Thank you for your support and generosity!
MCO team: https://mco-michigan.org/