| Description |
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 spring and the beginning of summer, the animals have grown fat on the fresh green grass and start to shed their coat. There is a tradition to process these in cooperation with relatives and people in the vicinity. They gather and work at each other's homes in alternation. There are two types of shearing sheep in Mongolia. The summer shearing is called fleece (urtiin noos) and autumn shearing is called fleece-wool (akhar). In the summer, the first shearing of wool can be undertaken without the differences of age and sex of the sheep. But in autumn, the shearing the wool of the ewe sheep cannot be taken in order to keep these animals safer in winter. |
| Social and cultural significance |
Sheep whool is widely used in Mongolian everyday life even today. Locals living in rural areas especially sheep hearders practice the custom related to their needs. |
| Transmission method |
by participitation in the process of shearing sheep |
| Community |
most of herders in the country |
