Traditional Mongolian Medicine : There are sources written down 3,000 years ago that say that ancient Hünnü people and Mongols used to sterilize wounds using the pungent herbs Artemisia, thyme, and edelweiss. They produced essential volatile oils and emitted heat when they were burned, which guaranteed purity. The people of the forests and other parts […]
Occurrence of the Stars The moon and planets move above almost every livestock cant matter to include on a calendar. This moment is underbreeder’s head. Each herder knows the motions of the stood as testing visibility. The visibility and movements of moon and the planets. Our ancestors used to prognosticate the moon and the Pleiades […]
Mongolians pay attention to all measurements in detail. There is a saying that one must measure seven times but cut once. The measurement of time Mongolian terms Present name Number Jaran (60 cycle) Jil (twelve months, year) Uliral (seasen) Sar (month) Doloo khonog (week) Khonog (night) Tsag Möch Khuvi Amisgal Year month (days) month (days) […]
Mongolian fairy tales are an important genre of the oral prose literature of the Mongolians. These tales typically begin with the phrase “Once upon a time, in such-and-such a place, in such-and-such a country”. Mongolian fairy tales are symbolic. This symbolism always becomes clear at the end of the tale. The most frequent ending is […]
Traditional Folk Treatments for Animals One of the most important achievements of Mongolian culture is its traditional medical treatment of domestic animals. Mongolians engaged in animal farming for many centuries and accumulated a great deal of experience that it transmitted to younger generations orally. The oriental sutra “Nei-jin” says: ‘The northern country is cool and […]
It is very interesting for the people who lead a sedentary life that Mongolians put horse pellets which are on a string of horse-tail hair and then hang this on the spoke of ger as a tool to predict the weather. Judging by its shrinkage and expansion we can say whether it will be rainy […]
The ritual for summoning prosperity is a symbolic ritual to bring out the bounty of life and nature. During this ceremony, the peculiarly patterned cloth sack or wooden box containing grains, confections and sweets, samples of various minerals, and a piece of gold and silver are prepared. They are mostly made of pieces of silk […]
The Tsam dance (mask dance) is an assembly of religious dancing by wrathful deities. The characters of tsam dancing are the fanciful figures of Buddhist disciples in their dreamy meditations. The dancing characters seek to drive out evils by their outer appearances and jumping. The dancing is not performed on any fixed day but rather […]
The original birthplace of the Mongolian Camels(Bactrian) was the great Gobi. Mongolians domesticated wild camels and bred them. Since then many centuries have passed. The Bactrian camels of Mongolia are the best of the herd of camels. The chest of the Mongolian Bactrian camel is deep and broad; these animals have two humps and their […]