Tumen ekh tour to North America

In collaboration with the Seattle International Children’s Festival and ACM-US, the ACM organized a tour of Mongolia’s best, most successful and experienced folk song and dance ensemble “Tumen Ekh” to North America in May 2006.

The tour was organized within the occasion of celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Mongolian State

The tour was organized with aims to introduce Mongolian traditional arts and culture in North America, encouraging greater awareness and understanding of Mongolian history and culture, to promote international partnership, cultural exchange and deeper understanding between the peoples of North America and Mongolia opening a new gate to introduce to the world the distinct, diverse and vibrant nomadic art of Mongolia, to create awareness among the artists of the importance of cultural heritage education for youth and to support the growth and professional development of the Tumen Ekh Ensemble.

The tour of 12 traditional artists, featuring diverse genre of traditional arts visited several Children’s festivals and introduced the unique Mongolian folk culture to the North American public.

Starting from the opening at the Asia Society Hall in New York on May 5, the tour ran very successfully with all tickets sold out and the halls full of audience. The following concerts were held at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage in Washington and in Denver, Seattle, Tacoma, Ottawa of USA; and Toronto and in Saint Albert of Canada.

Special education curriculum was developed based on the performances of the Tumen Ekh and broadly distributed to children and the public in North America.