On March 12, 2012, at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, the Fifth Scholarly and Practical Conference Travels to the East 2011, was held. It was organized by the Department of Central Asian and South Asian Studies, headed by Dr S.G. Klyashtornyj, and the Department of Far Eastern Studies, headed by Dr T.A. Pang. The following presentations were submitted: 1. Dr Ks.V. Orlova, the Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, The Monastery of Manjushri in Mongolia [Монастырь Манджушри в Монголии] 2. Dr M.P. Petrova, St Petersburg State University, Once Again on Gobi [Еще раз о Гоби] Camels in the Gobi, Mongolia A camel breeders camp in summer. East Gobi Aymaq, Mongolia The monument to D. Ravja in the city of Saynshand, Mongolia Khamaryn Khiid Monastery. East Gobi Aymaq, Mongolia 3. Dr P.O. Rykin, the Institute of Linguistics, RAS, St Petersburg, & Dr N.S. Yakhontova, the IOM RAS, Travels to Western Parts of Central Mongolia [Путешествия в западные районы Центральной Монголии] The ruins of Uvgun Khiid Monastery, Mongolia Khar Bukhyn Balgas, Mongolia 4. Dr I.V. Kulganek, the IOM RAS, Lake Khövsgöl Region as a Land of Mongolian Songs [Прихубсугулье ― песенный край Монголии] An evening in Lake Khövsgöl Region, Mongolia The monument to Alan Goa, the mother of Genggis Khan, the valley of Arig Gol, Khovsgol Aymaq, Mongolia A View of Lake Khövsgöl Region, Mongolia After rain in the region of Khatkhi, Mongolia 5. Dr S.V. Romanova, the Russian Ethnographic Museum, St Petersburg, The Ethnographic Expedition of the Russian Ethnographic Museum to the Tyva Republic [Этнографическая экспедиция РЭМ в Тыву] A suburgan in Tyva During the Nadym festival in Tyva Participants of the Nadym festival in Tyva The ova consecration rite The evening milking 6. V.N. Mazurina, The State Museum of the History of Religions, St Petersburg, Nepal: The Country of the Live Goddess [Непал ― страна живой богини]. Vikramashila Vihara, Kathmandu, Nepal Kumari, the live goddess, Ratnakar Vihara, Patan, Nepal Golden Gates, the Royal Palace, Bhaktapur, Nepal 7. Dr J.I. Elikhina, the State Hermitage, St Petersburg, presentation on her trip to Japan and the ethnographic village of Miyama, Kyoto Prefecture The Ethnographic Museum at the Ethnographic Village of Miyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan A Shinto Shrine from the 17th century, the Ethnographic Village of Miyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan The Ethnographic Museum at the Ethnographic Village of Miyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan 8. Dr V.V. Shchepkin, the IOM RAS, Some Ainu Cites in Hokkaido [Айнские места на Хоккайдо] The demonstration of traditional Ainu dances at the Museum of Ainu Culture Hokkaido Island in Winter 9. I.R. Katkova, the IOM RAS. The Sufi Brother hoods in Western Sumatra: According to Travels 2008-11 [Суфийские братства Западной Суматры (по материалам путешествий 2008―2011)]. The Mosque at Bukittinggi Pasaman Timur, West Sumatra, Indonesia |