ANCIENT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BECOMES SYMBOL OF MONGOLIA AND GERMANY TIES

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A ceremony of celebrating the 1400-year old Altai zither musical instrument was held at the ASA circus in UB city, on May 16. This musical instrument has been recognized as a symbol of the Mongolia-Germany cultural ties and was officially announced by L.Bold, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Gerhard Thiedemann, the Ambassador of Germany to Mongolia at the event. The first public performance of this ancient musical instrument which was found in the Mongolian Altai basin, was dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Mongolia-Germany diplomatic relations which is being marked this and the unique artifact was restored in Germany within the Mongolia-Germany archeological cooperation. The Altai zither is the first musical instrument that was found in Mongolia in 2008 from a burial cavern in Jargalant Mountains on the territory of Mankhan soum (county) of Khovd aimag. The burial belongs to VII century or Turkic period.