Dordzhi says that Kalmyks believe each whirlwind to have an old evil spirit (shulm) sitting in the middle of it. There is a custom to spit three times and through a sharp object into the whirlwind. After this, according to old men, the whirlwind ‘bleeds’.Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwi
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Evgeniy danced in the children’s dance ensemble Tyulpanchik (Small Tulip). He says that Kalmyk dance...
Dordzhi says that Kalmyk is very rich language which has both spoken and written forms, as well as p...
Sangadzhi says that people sometimes have problems that can be resolved neither by modern medicine n...
Dordzhi says Kalmyks have many beliefs and rituals connected with children. For example, before givi...
Dordzhi relays two stories about malevolent beings. Here are his stories: In our clan we had a man w...
Maria says that every whirlwind has a shulm (evil spirit) sitting in the middle and spinning the win...
Sangadzhi says that the Kalmyks have a unique fate connected with wars and blood. For many centuries...
Dzhidzha relays stories about people encountering shulmus spirits. This is her story: It is believed...
Dordzhi relays what he heard from his parents about various evil spirits and beings: There are many ...
The Oirats helped the Gelug school of Buddhism, of which the Dalai Lama is the head, come to power i...
Ivan says that stories about evil spirits were abundant before World War II. After the war people st...
Although in Oriental culture the crow is a symbol of wisdom (because it lives for 300 years and know...
Tsagan says that before World War II Kalmyk land was abundant with evil spirits of both ‘shulm’ and ...
Dordzhi talks about a magical tree that keeps evil at bay:This tree is the same height as a man. It ...
Dordzhi says the following: In the past Kalmyks used to send their maternal uncles to the land of th...
Evgeniy danced in the children’s dance ensemble Tyulpanchik (Small Tulip). He says that Kalmyk dance...
Dordzhi says that Kalmyk is very rich language which has both spoken and written forms, as well as p...
Sangadzhi says that people sometimes have problems that can be resolved neither by modern medicine n...
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