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Zuun tsaast hozor(cards with hundred leafs)
  • Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
    Manage No EE00001134
    Country Mongolia
    ICH Domain Social practices, rituals, festive events
    Address
    In Uriankhai ethnic group in Uvs, Khovd and Bayan-Olgii provinces in Mongolia
Description Zuun tsaast khőzőr or Card with hundred leafs, is one of the intangible cultural heritage elements that were being transmitted for hundreds of years in the Uriankhai ethnic group. According to people, this game of card with hundred leafs was invented for declining the gambling games of Manchu and the ordinary card game. This tradition has its own specific rules. People play this game from December 22 to until spring comes (from the beginning to the end of the nine 9 of Mongolian winter). Herders keep their livestock in the fence early, and play this game in the long nights of the winter. Before start the game people who are joining in this game will wash their hands, and get blessing from card, and then hosting person will open the game. Uriankhai people play this game for checking the luck of that year, and to remove the all the bad energies and for inviting the every good things and happiness to their life.
Social and cultural significance to be studied
Transmission method by participitation in the game
Community to be identified
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Information source
National Center for Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of Mongolia
http://www.ncch.gov.mn

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