The students and educators of the Lincoln Community School (LCS), in partnership with Sas Carey of Nomadicare, will host a culmination of their study of Mongolian culture on Thursday, March 14 from 1:00-2:30pm. Families and community members are welcome for all of the festivities.

All kindergarten through sixth grade students have become "experts" in a specific aspect of Mongolian culture and will present their learning through performances and displays. Some student experts will share felt pouches made from locally-procured Meetinghouse Farm sheep's wool. Others will display homemade chess boards and shagai (sheep ankle bones) and directions for the games played with them. Students will offer samples of homemade yogurt, dumplings, and ul boov (sole shoe cake) as representative foods of Mongolia. Performances will include a play based on a traditional folktale, a dance with accompanying music, and a demonstration of moving a ger (portable tent).

For this study, LCS has partnered with Sas Carey, founder of Nomadicare.org. "Nomadicare supports and preserves traditional Mongolian nomadic culture through healthcare, films, and stories." Carey journeyed to Mongolia first in 1994 as a registered nurse, and has returned seventeen times since. She is the author of Reindeer Herders in My Heart and is currently producing her fourth film about nomadic Mongolian life.

The Tari Shattuck Educational Foundation and the Friends of the Lincoln Community School funded much of this study, including residencies with Sas Carey and Narantsetseg Tseveendulam, native Mongolian and language teacher, and a visit from Pauline Broe and Prancer of the Vermont Reindeer Farm. Prancer, the reindeer, represented the animals of the Dukha, nomadic Mongolian reindeer herders.

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