Culture
The operation of the Erdenet Cultural and Art Complex started in 1978. At that time, by the decision of the Presidium of the Central Council of the Mongolian Confederation of Trade Unions, a decision was made to open a Palace of Culture at EMC. When the first phase of the EMC was put into operation, a big concert was played, which was the beginning of the development of great cultural arts in Erdenet.
The arts and culture complex is designed to relieve the mental stress of miners, to organize cultural, leisure, arts and artistic mass activities aimed at improving labor productivity, to discover and develop the artistic talents of miners' families and their children, and to implement EMC’s management team aims to provide quality cultural and arts services, provide quality services to the population of Erdenet, create a favorable service environment, and improve human resource skills and capacity.
It has been a tradition to organize many activities such as “Erdenet Ball” dance festival, “Safety first” competition to promote labor safety through culture and art, “Cultural needs” program, “Who knows Temuujin Chinggis well” contest, karaoke, class reading competition, elders' “Eternal Youth” dance and the call of the missionaries. Also, the artistic director D.Odonchimeg's “Anu Khatan”, “Yesukhei” /B.Tserendondov's music, D.Dashdondov's libretto/, the foundation of Mongolian folk opera were laid. The best works such as “Family”, “Somnambula of Dreams”, “From the Home of Heaven”, and “Motherland of Love” were highly appreciated.
N.Nyamsuren (A Leading Cultural Worker of Mongolia) and D.Dagiimaa (A Leading Cultural Worker of Mongolia) performed “Classic Shurankhai” in Ulan-Ude, Orkhon province, Buryatia, Russia, and Erdenet Ensemble dancers and Erdenet artists successfully participated in the Asian Folk Art Festival in Hue, Vietnam, winning the "Heroic Concert" award.
In addition, it has organized concerts and events including “Elders' Art Festival”, “Song Immortalized-Erdenet” song contest, “Motherland of Treasure” concert of the best artists of 21 provincial theaters and ensembles, “Erdenet Mining Corporation-Development Leader-40” Naadam, “Erdenet Speed 2018” in the central region , “One day in Mongolia” at Selenge resort, Moscow event in honor of Russian experts “Hello-Moscow!”, “Erdenet Industrial Culture Days” in Ulaanbaatar, a concert in honor of the 40th anniversary of the EMC, “Happy Motherland”, and a children's New Year “Prince and Beautiful Princess”.