Culture & Events
Visit and take part in Mongolian festivals and cultural events. Some centers offer wrestling events or theatre plays in special seasons. Museums can be also enriching experience during your visit.
Naadam festival
is a traditional festival in Mongolia. The festival is also locally termed "eriin gurvan naadam" (эрийн гурван наадам) "the three games of men". The games are Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery and are held throughout the country during midsummer. The most genuine experience can be visiting the Naadam festival in the countryside, since in smaller towns and villages the entire community is involved.
The Aimag Museum of Murun
The Aimag Museum of Murun was established in 1949 and since then a collection of about 4.000 pieces was gathered, but not all of them are on display at the moment. Today, the museum is located on the Peace Street opposite of the Tourist Information Center and you can find there library as well as information center and a small internet cafe. The Museum is worthwhile to visit for its collection of diverse and sometimes maybe odd pieces. The collection includes e.g.: an original shaman outfit, exposition of the clothes of different local ethnic groups, a mammoth tusk dated to 100 million years ago, various paintings telling the history of the Huvsgul Aimag and its legends, including the tallest man of Mongolia, Buddhism displays as well as shaman devices, ancient tools and jewelry.
The whole exhibition subscription is in Mongolian.
Opening hours: 9 p.m.-6 p.m.
Entrance fee: 2.000 T
Murun Theather
Sometimes interesting events, such as Mongolian circus, performances, concerts or Mongolian movies take place, check with posters in front of the theatre. Open: Mon-Fri: 10 a.m-6 p.m.
Reindeer festival
The Festival is held in late June/July. The Tsaatan festival features Dhakad folk singing, marching reindeer herds, reindeer riding, reindeer polo, a bonfire festival, shamanic rituals amongst the tepees and numerous presentations about the Tsaatan people and their nomadic lifestyle.
Shamanism
Shamanism is believed to developed from personification of nature and earth. Natural changes and our lives are results of their will. You can find many shamanism believers accross Mongolia. If you would like to meet shaman, you can find several of them in Murun and surrounding areas. The shaman ritual or a simple visit can be organized by Tourist Information Center (HATI).
There are plenty of other interesting events, naturally occuring as well as planned into the details. If traveling in winter, you might experience skating and ice festival on the Huvsgul lake.