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Dear All
For tomorrow's Cultural Evening in Cafe Amsterdam, we have a special Mongolian film to show: "Khadag".
This movie (2006) by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth was acclaimed at the International film Festival of Rotterdam and the winner of the “Lion of the Future” award at the Venice Film Festival Bagi, a young herdsman, is living on the endless Mongolian steppes together with his mother and grandfather. He has a paranormal gift to hear and understand the voices of animals. One day soldiers warn the family that there is a serious epidemic threatening the animals. The soldiers force the nomads to move to a depressing mining city. There Bagi saves the life of a beautiful young girl, Zolzaya, who is a thief. Together with her gang of twelve they discover that the epidemic is a lie with the purpose to stop nomadic life. A breathtaking telepathic revolution follows…. Boudewijn, who is pasionate about this film and brought it to our attention will be introducing 'Khadak'on Wednesday night at the Cafe Amsterdam's cultural evening. You are welcome to come and share this unique film in the company of others who love all things Mongolian. If you have a special film that you would also like to share with others -not necessarily about Mongolia and including amateur films, documentary or feature-, please let us know so that we can discuss a screening. Hope to see you all in Cafe Amsterdam on Wednesday night at 8:00PM.
Team Cafe Amsterdam
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Dear All,
For this week's Cultural Evening in Cafe Amsterdam (tomorrow Wednesday 12 August 8 PM) we have Brian Baumann, Adjunct Professor of Mongolian Studies at Indiana Unviersity in the USA.
He currently lives in Ulaanbaatar on a Luce Foundation preparing a manuscript on the subject of hell and studying the transition period from the Qing dynasty to the coming of Modernity and Communism. He understands this period as "Mongolia's transition from science to religion".
In his talk he will discuss what he means by "science" as it relates to hell and especially the tradition of Buddhist Mathematics.
This is actually the subject of his dissertation: Divine Knowledge: Buddhist Mathematics according to the Anonymous Manual of Astrology and Divination.
Hope to see you tomorrow in Cafe Amsterdam at 8 PM
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Dear All,
At tomorrow's (Wednesday, August 5th) Cultural Evening at 8 PM in Cafe Amsterdam we have Marc Watkins to share his experience about teaching English language.
The title for the talk is: "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Teaching English (or Mongolian) for Fun, Friendship, or Profit.
Marc Watkins is the co-founder of New York English, "The Local Language School with International Connections".
He will lead a discussion tomorrow with members of the audience on how to teach a foreign language. Expect a lively, informative and possibly raucous evening.
See you there!
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PLEASE JOIN US AT THE CAFE AMSTERDAM , 8PM 29THTH JULY FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION
 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GENGHIS KHAN MONGOLIA TO HUNGARY BY HORSE
In 2004, 25 year old Australian Tim Cope set out to experience life on the great Eurasian steppes, his idea: to ride a horse 10,000km from Mongolia to Hungary among on the trail of Genghis Khan. Beginning as a novice who could not even ride a horse, this journey eventually took him beyond his dreams, through three and a half years that changed his life. Along the way he was challenged by horse stealing, wolves, extreme conditions that ranged from -50 degrees to +50 degrees, corrupt bureaucracy, and near the end the unfortunate death of his father in Australia in a car accident. Tim's aim was to understand the life of the Eurasian nomads- whose ancestors were the first in history to domesticate the horse and under Genghis Khan formed the largest empire in history. After having his horses stolen on just the fifth day of the journey, Tim realised that the only way to achieve his aim was to leave his baggage behind as a westerner and look at the world through the eyes of a nomad. More than 150 families took him into their homes, teaching him the way of the steppe and the value of friendship. Tim travelled through Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, and Hungary. By the time he arrived on the Danube in the end of 2007, he had become a folk hero, honoured by locals who saw him as celebrating their cultural heritage. Tim Cope is an author (Off the Rails Published by Penguin) and film-maker, who first came to Mongolia via Russia in 2000 by bicycle. Since then he has developed a close friendship with Tseren Enebish and Rik. Tim has was also part of a row boat journey along theYenisey river from lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean in 2001. He was the Australian Adventurer of the year 2006 and is currently in Mongolia running a trek with Tseren. Visit Tim’s website on www.timcopejourneys.com for more info. |
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Dear All This Wednesday (today) we have the film "Mr.Bean's Holiday" as Cultural Evening in Cafe Amsterdam. We will start at 8PM as usual.
We have three very interesting lectures in a row for coming weeks' Cultural Evenings, so for today something light that does not need a lot of concentration. Welcome everyone for good laugh and beer! Team Cafe Amsterdam |
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