Russia coverage index
1798498. The Ritual of Calling Maitreya, Buddha of the Future
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
1941538. Batyr Elistaev, A Morning Prayer
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
1941507. Batyr Elistaev, Mandala Offering
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2215149. Tsam
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2265653. Worship of Land
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2414251. Khargchin Koldzhieva, A Legend About the Bogdo Uul
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2326816. Badma Narmaev, A Legend About the Bogdo Uul Mountain
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
Bogdo Uul is situated near lake Baskunchak in Akhtubinsky rayon of Astrakhan’ oblast. There are several versions of the legend about the mountain.
2426836. Telo Tulku Rinpoche, About Pilgrimage to Holy Places
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2301619. Celebration to Commemorate the Birth, Enlightenment and Death of the Buddha
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2073088. Ritual to Purify Land for the Construction of a Stupa
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2250451. Pilgrimage to the Bogdo Uul Mountain
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2431619. Telo Tulku Rinpoche, About Buddhist Holidays
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
1941904. Batyr Elistaev, About Buddhist Holidays
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
1941934. Batyr Elistaev, A Daily Prayer to Deity Protectors
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2282129. Pilgrimage to the Khosheutovsky Temple
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2475372. Pilgrimage to Bogdo Uul, 2017
Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project
2230746. Valeriy Bolaev, Ulyumdzhi Mandzhiev, About Camels
Valeriy says that there are only 5,000 camels left that can be described as of Kalmyk breed. The majority of them are in Astrakhan oblast’.
2252323. Polina Fedorova, About Camel Meat
In the past, the Kalmyks ate beef and horse meat. The poor ate camel meat. People who ate camel meat had pimples on their faces. The camel’s pelt and humps were used to make vessels.
1950301. Alena Lidzhieva, How to Make Female Camels Accept Their Newborn
A female camel is pregnant for 11 months. Sometimes female camels reject their calves.
2253415. Polina Fedorova, How to Make Female Camels Accept Their Newborn
Sometimes female camels reject their calves. Female camels are jealous and squeamish animals. If a child touched a calf, its mother could reject it.
Caroline Humphrey interview transcript
Humphrey, Caroline
Caroline Humphrey interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 5th August 2010