East Asian children's arts festival closes in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The 10th Children's Performing Arts Festival of EastAsia ended here Monday, with high hopes for building bridges among children in theregion, local media reported.

Mongolian Minister for Human Development and Social Welfare S. Erdene said that hehoped the festival could promote cultural and art exchanges and friendship amongchildren in East Asia.

The festival, co-organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization and the Mongolian National Authority for Children, attracted more than400 children from Mongolia, China, Japan and South Korea.

At the closing ceremony, young children put on performances representing their owncultures and traditions.

The first such festival was held in Beijing in 2001, and it is the second time Mongoliahas hosted the event.

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