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The Action and Content of The Epic ‘Eriin Sain Khan Kharangui’

About the epic ‘Eriin sain Khan Kharangui’, the beginning is the unusual birth of the hero, its power and eulogy of the mountains and rivers. In the first part of the epic ‘Eriin sain ...

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Mongolian Epics

Mongulai Jan 23, 2018

One of the richest legacies developed by Mongolians for many centuries is the lengthy heroic epics. An epic is the largest genre of poetry and it was formed in the process of folklore development. ...

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Ceremonies Concerning Nature and It’s Seasons

Mongulai Jan 19, 2018

Spring Endowment With the arrival of spring and mild weather, livestock is emancipated, but pasture grass is still usually rare. Animals typically give birth in the spring, however, despite these conditions. This is the ...

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Oral Poetry Without Melodies

Mongulai Jan 19, 2018

Spells and Incantation Spells and incantations are the forms of ancient folklore. They endeavour to achieve their ends through the supernatural powers of words, sounds, and gestures. Mongolian spells and incantations can be divided ...

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4 Marvels of Mongolian Language

Mongulai Jan 19, 2018

The Mongolian language belongs to the Altaic language family, together with the Manchu and Tungus languages. There are today around seven thousand languages spoken on earth. They are divided into twenty-six language families. The ...

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Traditional Household and Economic Knowledge

Mongulai Jan 19, 2018

Mongolian ger Mongolian ger originated and inherited from the ancient nomads,including Hünnü people. This is a portable structure that is easy to dismantle and erect and light to transport. There is good air-circulation and very good lighting ...

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Folk Beliefs and Rituals

Mongulai Jan 18, 2018

The Pendant of the Jade axe It was and is still a common tradition among Mongolians to embellish a baby’s rug, swaddling clothes and coats with various pendent which are deemed to be propitious ...

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Traditional Measurement

Mongulai Jan 18, 2018

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 ...

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Folk Meteorology

Mongulai Jan 18, 2018

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 ...