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Mongolian triad
  • Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
    Manage No EE00001037
    Country Mongolia
    ICH Domain Oral traditions and representations
    Address
    throughout the Mongolia
    Year of Designation 1978
Description Mongolian triad is one of the phenomenal forms of Mongolian oral expressions could not be found elsewhere in the oral literature of other nations. The Mongolian triad refers to the Mongolian traditional preference for constant objects with similarities symbolizing in threes. It is usually expressed in three lines of verses usually portraying the philosophical views with wiser contents of exploration and observation. The structure and composition of the Mongolian triad is always represents the three continent of Mongol myth as heaven, earth and hell, or about earth (nature, land, earth and space) and human, and portray the scene of whole world simultaneously. For instance, 3 nice on the earth has named as: The full moon is nice (space), Flower in wild area is nice (mother land), Words of parent are nice (human sphere).
Social and cultural significance To be identified
Transmission method In general education schools
Community To be identified
Keyword
Information source
National Center for Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of Mongolia
http://www.ncch.gov.mn