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Manage No PI00002303 Country Mongolia ICH Domain Knowledge and practices about nature and the universe
| Description | The coaxing ritual is used by herders to save newborn camel calves orphaned or rejected by their mothers, and to avoid the loss of vital camel milk. A camel mare is coaxed into accepting an orphaned or estranged calf by the singing of a melody accompanied by the morin khuur horse-head fiddle. This handling technique helps the survival of newborn calves and maintains the mother’s lactation. The renowned Russian poet Sergei Yesenin once said that “It is indeed undoubted that Mongols could make the camel cry with the melody of khuur (fiddle)”. | ||
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| Place | Omnogobi, Dundgobi, Dornogobi, Bayankhongor8 Gobi-Altai province in Mongolia | File Size | 41164.8 KB |
| Definition | 14400 x 21600 | File Format | jpg |
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Coaxing ritual for camel calves
The coaxing ritual is used by herders to save newborn camel calves orphaned or rejected by their mothers, and to avoid the loss of vital camel milk. A camel mare is coaxed into accepting an orphaned or estranged calf by the singing of a melody accompanied by the morin khuur horse-head fiddle. This handling technique helps the survival of newborn calves and maintains the mother’s lactation. The renowned Russian poet Sergei Yesenin once said that “It is indeed undoubted that Mongols could make the camel cry with the melody of khuur (fiddle)”.
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Coaxing ritual for Camel Calves
The coaxing ritual is used by herders to save newborn calves orphaned or rejected by their mothers. A camel mare is coaxed into accepting an orphaned or estranged calf by singing melody accompanied by the Мorin khuur music.
Mongolia
