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Tradition of protecting and preserving the nature
  • Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
    Manage No EE00001027
    Country Mongolia
    ICH Domain Knowledge and practices about nature and the universe
    Address
    throughout the Mongolia
    Year of Designation 1987
Description One of the valuable characteristics of Mongol herders keeping the nature in its original form treating with care and respect through centuries until now is the cause and ability to live in harmony with mother nature, preferring the water and dirt as gold, the earth as mother and the high blue sky as father. While moving from pasture to pasture searching for the freshest of the water, richest of the grass and favoring the nicest of the weather, the herders have accustomed not to leave any trash or rubbish behind at the old homestead. It is highly prohibited to break the young tree, single tree or old tree, to dig the dirt at one’s own will, to cut the trees and plants without any need or purpose due to their belief in spirits and deities.
Social and cultural significance To be studied
Transmission method by apprenticeship training
Community To be identified
Keyword
Information source
National Center for Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of Mongolia
http://www.ncch.gov.mn