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The "Mongolian
Performing Arts," "Dance," and "The Oral Tradition" sections are
adapted from Information Mongolia, compiled and edited by
The Academy of Sciences MPR, published by Pergamon Press, 1990.
For
Adults
Berger, Patricia, and Terese Tse Bartholomew. Mongolia: The
Legacy of Chinggis Khan. Thames and Hudson, 1995.
Major, John
S. The Land and People of Mongolia. New York: J. B. Lippincott,
1990.
For
Children
Metternich, Hilary Roe. Mongolian Folktales. Boulder, CO:
Avery Press, 1996.
National Museum
of Denmark. Mongolian Colouring Book. Illustrations by Lodai.
Henning Haslund-Christessen, 1938.
Nicholson, Robert.
Journey into Civilization: The Mongols. New York: Chelsea
House, 1994.
Nicolle, David.
The Mongol Warlords. Poole, Dorset, UK: Firebird Books, 1990.
Reynolds, Jan.
Mongolia: Vanishing Cultures. New York: Harcourt Brace &
Company, 1994.
Websites
Mongolia
World
http://plaza.harmonix.ne.jp/~michie/mongolia.html
The Great
Mongol Home Page
http://members.aol.com/yikhmongol/indexold.htm
Mongolia
Resource Page
http://www.soros.org/mongolia.html
Introduction
to the Art of Mongolia
http://www.asianart.com/mongolia/introduct.html
Naadam Festival
http://www.un.int/mongolia
Click
on Festival of Mongolia in New York 2000
Other
Resources
The Mongolia Society, Inc., 322 Goodbody Hall, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN 47405. The best source for scholarly articles, tapes,
postcards, flags, dictionaries, and books.
Permanent Mission
of Mongolia to the United Nations, 6 East 77th Street, New York,
NY 10021
Structures
and Cultures, Moveable Museum, AMNH. Explore the homes and artifacts
of three nomadic cultures — the Mongols, Gabra, and Blackfeet.
For more information contact the Department of Education: Darrilyn
DiNardo at 212-496-3523 or ddinardo@amnh.org.
For
additional information regarding educational programs, please contact:
American
Museum of Natural History
Department of Education
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
This online
guide has been adapted from the print version. To obtain a print
copy, including additional photographs, please write the above address.
This guide was
produced by the American Museum of Natural History, Department of
Education.
Writer and Managing Editor: Karen Kane
Production Assistant: Rachael Woodruff
Reviewed by: Peter Marsh, Indiana University and Teddy Yoshikami,
AMNH
Photographs: Courtesy of National Palace Museum, Taipei,
Taiwan, Republic of China (page 2); Courtesy of Teddy Yoshikami
(page 3); Courtesy of Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United
Nations (cover, bottom right; page 3, top and two bottom right;
page 4 top two); Courtesy of Mongolian Folk Song and Dance Ensemble
(cover, top left; page 4, bottom); © American Museum of Natural
History (page 5, page 6)
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