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The customs Mongols have for greeting and showing respect toward others is traditionally quite rich. When guests arrive at someone’s ger they say nokhoi khori (hold the dog) before getting off the horse. Thereafter, ...

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Tradition of Cutting the Hair of the Child for the First Time

Mongulai Apr 19, 2018

First hair cutting ceremony of children is commonly celebrated in Mongolia and named differently among the Mongols, such as khüükhdiin üs avakh (cutting the child’s hair) or örövlög ürgeekh (clipping the child’s crest), the ...

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Mongolian Funeral practices

Mongulai Apr 19, 2018

Mongolian Funeral Practices The internment of the body in Mongolia customarily belongs to kings and nobleman, saints, and shamans. The dead body of ordinary (common) people is traditionally left exposed at an open countryside ...

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Agricultural Farming in Mongolia

Mongulai Apr 19, 2018

Herders have also long supplemented their foodstuffs with agriculture as well as hunting. According to archeological findings, historical documents, and notes of ancient foreign travelers, it is proven that in Mongolia farming dates back ...

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Custom to Castrate Young Animals

Mongulai Apr 19, 2018

Young animals are castrated at the beginning of summer. This is a traditional method to maintain the balance of male and female domestic animals. The methods to castrate animals differ depending upon the flock ...

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How Mongolian People Make Felt Throughout the Centuries

Mongulai Apr 19, 2018

1. Custom of Shearing Sheep Mongolians have a long standing tradition of manually processing the wool and hair of the five kinds of animals for use in their daily life. At the end of ...

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Custom of Helping Mother Animals to Accept Their Young

Mongulai Apr 19, 2018

There is a specific ritual that is done in a tuneful utterance when a new mother rejects its newborn or when a newborn becomes orphaned. This ritual is believed to encourage the mother to ...

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Nomadic Life in Mongolia – Moving to a New Pasture

Mongulai Apr 19, 2018

Mongolian livestock-breeders move from place to place throughout the four seasons in search of new pastures, which for centuries served as the source of their way of life. The pastureland is subdivided into seasonal ...

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How Do Mongolians Board Their Foals?

Mongulai Apr 19, 2018

When the weather becomes colder in autumn, the horse-breeders have a custom to set the mares and foals free of their halter and hobbles and to celebrate the feast of “Foal branding”. From ancient ...