The culture history of Mongolia

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Mongolians Restore Their Good Names
By John Pomfret, The Washington Post, Tuesday 11 July 2000. Privataization. Seventy percent of the economy has been transferred to the private sector, but most significant is that people have restored their family names, which in Mongolia is tied to social class.
Mongolia: International Religious Freedom Report 2002
U.S. Department of State, Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 7 October 2002. Article from an imperialist perspective and so disapproves of Mongolia’s restrictions of proselytizing. Freedom of superstitions. Religous demography. U.S. policy and State Department focus on marketplace freedom of choice.
Urna: the songstress of the Mongolian steppes
By Gavin Phipps, Taipei Times, Friday 11 October 2002. The international appeal of Mongolia songstress, Urna Chahar-Tugchi. Repertoire of both traditional and contemporary Mongolian tunes. Studied the lute in Shanghai Conservatory’s Institute of Traditional Chinese Music (海傳統音樂學院).
Mongolia: No Tourist Hordes, But Lots of Mutton And Pop Music, Too
By Joshua Kurlantzick, The Washington Post, Sunday 26 January 2003. Article basically a tourist advertisement recommending the cultural attractions of Ulan Bator. Infusion of western culture. Nouveau riche Mongolians who had made a killing in the early stages of the country’s economic privatization.
Mongolia’s return to religion
By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News, Thursday 31 July 2003. Under communism, family wealth and superstition were repressed. Under current conditions, people lack spiritual direction and so turn to evangelical Christianity and Buddhism. Christian groups are proliferating so fast that they now outnumber official Buddhist organisations.