Dordzhi says Kalmyks have many beliefs and rituals connected with children. For example, before giving a child new clothes, three people should cleanse the clothes by reading well-wishes. Children have their first haircut at 1. The first lock has to be kept by the child’s parents. To encourage young children to start walking, Kalmyks perform a ritual called ‘cutting the child’s hobbles’.Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwi
Dmitriy reminisces about his grandparents and recounts what his grandmother told him about how a Kal...
Alexandr says that in Kalmykia people practise both Buddhism and pre-Buddhist beliefs, including a b...
Sangadzhi says that the Kalmyks have a unique fate connected with wars and blood. For many centuries...
Tatyana says that in the past, Kalmyks announced the birth of babies loudly so that everybody around...
Dordzhi says the following: In the past Kalmyks used to send their maternal uncles to the land of th...
Viktor says that in the past Kalmyks could produce everything that was used in nomadic life. He draw...
Sangadzhi says that people sometimes have problems that can be resolved neither by modern medicine n...
Sangadzhi says that the traditions, lifestyle and folklore of the Kalmyks are closely connected to t...
Dordzhi says that Kalmyks believe each whirlwind to have an old evil spirit (shulm) sitting in the m...
Bosya talks about the ritual of the first haircut performed when a child reaches 1, about offering p...
The Kalmyk word for life or soul is amn’. Amnya dolig refers to two different rituals. Ritual One. ...
Galina talks about the ritual of the first haircut and name giving conventions among the Kalmyks. Ba...
The birth of a girl was not as joyous an occasion as the birth of a boy. After his umbilical cord dr...
Evgeniy danced in the children’s dance ensemble Tyulpanchik (Small Tulip). He says that Kalmyk dance...
Sometimes small children have fever or they cry without any reason. The elders say that a child was ...
Dmitriy reminisces about his grandparents and recounts what his grandmother told him about how a Kal...
Alexandr says that in Kalmykia people practise both Buddhism and pre-Buddhist beliefs, including a b...
Sangadzhi says that the Kalmyks have a unique fate connected with wars and blood. For many centuries...
Tatyana says that in the past, Kalmyks announced the birth of babies loudly so that everybody around...
Dordzhi says the following: In the past Kalmyks used to send their maternal uncles to the land of th...
Viktor says that in the past Kalmyks could produce everything that was used in nomadic life. He draw...
Sangadzhi says that people sometimes have problems that can be resolved neither by modern medicine n...
Sangadzhi says that the traditions, lifestyle and folklore of the Kalmyks are closely connected to t...
Dordzhi says that Kalmyks believe each whirlwind to have an old evil spirit (shulm) sitting in the m...
Bosya talks about the ritual of the first haircut performed when a child reaches 1, about offering p...
The Kalmyk word for life or soul is amn’. Amnya dolig refers to two different rituals. Ritual One. ...
Galina talks about the ritual of the first haircut and name giving conventions among the Kalmyks. Ba...
The birth of a girl was not as joyous an occasion as the birth of a boy. After his umbilical cord dr...
Evgeniy danced in the children’s dance ensemble Tyulpanchik (Small Tulip). He says that Kalmyk dance...
Sometimes small children have fever or they cry without any reason. The elders say that a child was ...
Dmitriy reminisces about his grandparents and recounts what his grandmother told him about how a Kal...
Alexandr says that in Kalmykia people practise both Buddhism and pre-Buddhist beliefs, including a b...
Sangadzhi says that the Kalmyks have a unique fate connected with wars and blood. For many centuries...