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Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES)

Cambridge University

A day in a traditional Kalmyk family begins with the opening of the curtains to let light in, cooking breakfast, and attending to the family altar. It is usually the young bride"s duty to wake up first, cook, look after the household, put offerings on the altar, and go to bed last. During the day every member of the family is assigned activities based on gender, age, and hierarchy. Men are supposed to be bread-winners, undertake physically demanding chores, and represent the family, whereas women

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Yuriy Bembeev, About Food, Nomadic Life and Gambling

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2018/07/18

Yuriy talks about traditional food, the nomadic way of life and playing cards. In the past Kalmyk food consisted mainly of meat, mutton and beef in particular. Torghuts who lived on the Volga river ate fish. Kalmyks also consumed dairy products, including butter and milk. In their history Kalmyks adopted dishes from the cuisine of the neighbouring peoples. Food was made communally and shared among the contributors. For example, milk vodka was usually distilled together with various people

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Ksenia Kardonova, About the Usage of Dung

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2018/06/06

In the past there was no good fuel, so we used dung (argal) for heating. There was not a lot of livestock either, therefore the dung was not easy to find. That is why we went out searching and collecting dung and dry grass all the time. We used to do everything.

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Viktor Pompaev, About Kalmyk Culture and Language

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2018/03/19

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Larisa Shoglyaeva, Signs and Omens

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2018/03/15

Question: Can we talk about signs and omens? Larisa: We, Kalmyks, have many signs and omens. As for men, they are like gods. We should respect our men at home. Food should be first offered to gods and then to men, because men are the foundation of our families. If you respect men, you will get everything. On the street, we give way to men, although they should give way to pregnant women. When I travel on a bus I give a seat to men and stand up myself. Another example. It is a bad omen when a bucket

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Vladimir Baglikov, About Kalmyk Culture

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2018/02/10

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Petr Nadbitov, About Kalmyk Language and Culture

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2018/01/20

In this video Petr, a famous Kalmyk choreographer, talks about Kalmyk language, culture and dances. He says that the Kalmyks should keep their language alive. He adds that today many Kalmyks speak, think and write in Russian. 80 per cent of the Kalmyk youth does not know their native language. According to Petr, Kalmyk dances are connected with the Kalmyk language. For example, during a dance people sing shavash (a Kalmyk praise to the dancer). In the 1960s Kalmykia used to hold competitions of

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Ivan Ulyumdzhiev, About My Childhood and Upbringing

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2017/10/22

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Dordzhi Nandyshev, Punishment for Stealing

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2017/08/08

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Dordzhi Nandyshev, About Kalmyk Tradition

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2017/08/08

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Purvya Volod'kina, Greeting with Tobacco

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2017/08/01

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Nina Sambueva and others, Khadmnlgn

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2017/05/23

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Evgeniy Dzhokhaev, Leonid Ochir-Goryaev, About the...

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2017/05/23

Leonid: We need to know our history, where we came from, what military achievements we had. If we start to speak Kalmyk, that would be great. Especially during national holidays such as Tsagan Sar or Zul people should try to speak Kalmyk. Evgeniy: After I finished university, I moved to the village of Godzhur where all people spoke Kalmyk. At that time, although I did not speak Kalmyk, I thought to myself that I understood the language well. In Godzhur I understood that I did not understand Kalmyk

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Zinaida Imkinova, About Kalmyk Culture

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2016/08/25

Zinaida says that she went to Western Mongolia in 2013 with the Kalmyk folk ensemble Erdem. In Mongolia she remembered her childhood back in Kalmykia i.e. how Kalmyks distilled milk vodka, made butter etc. According to Zinaida, the life of Western Mongols is not very different from those of the Kalmyks (in her childhood). There are many common words in the two languages as well. When Zinaida sang a Kalmyk song about the Volga, old Mongol women cried. Kalmyk dances, according to Zinaida, differ from

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Baatr Mandzhiev, Worship of the Home and Altar

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (DAILY ACTIVITIES) ·

2015/05/18

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