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Manage No	PI00000639
Country	Mongolia
ICH Domain	Social practices, rituals, festive events

Description	Mongolian traditional games in Shagai or anklebone of sheep. There are four positions of anklebone each of which has its own name: horse, sheep, goat and camel. Mongols have about 100 variations of anklebone games. For example, there are “Horse race”, “Catching anklebones”, “Anklebone guessing” “Flicking anklebones”, “Multicolored turtle”, “Anklebone shooting” and etc. Mostly children play these games, but sometimes adults are also involved in them. Among games in Shagai most popular is anklebone shooting.
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VI00000010 Traditional Games with Anklebones
Traditional Games in Shagai (Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2014) Mongolians have traditional games in which they use shagai or sheep anklebones. There are four anklebone positions and each has its own name: horse, sheep, goat, and camel. There are about a hundred variations of anklebone games. Mostly children play these games, but sometimes adults are also involved in them. Among shagai games, the most popular is anklebone shooting.

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