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Traditional technique of processing skin and hide
  • Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
    Manage No EE00001212
    Country Mongolia
    ICH Domain Knowledge and practices about nature and the universe
    Address
    throughout the Mongolia
    Year of Designation 1962
Description Mongols process the animal raw skin and hide (raw skin of cattle). Through long undergone observance and experiments, they were able to elaborate and develop the indigenous traditional technique to process the skin and hide to produce various leather crafts and products. The skin and hide are processed by salting, stripping off, tanning or smoking. For instance, the processed materials from sheep skin can be used to make a deel (traditional garment). The processed materials from hide can be used to produce necessities and equipments such as airag-skin, hide-flask or animal harnesses such as bridle, halter, lasso, tri-hobble, tethering-line, girth and strap of a saddle, and so on. Nowadays, the leather products and crafts made of animal skin and hide are considered as valuable asset in demand for tourist attractions.
Social and cultural significance Animal skin and hide products are widely used in the countryside for everyday life. Also, leather made products are part of touristic souvenirs sold domestically and abroad.
Transmission method by participation in the processing of skin and hide
Community Most of herders in the country
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Information source
National Center for Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of Mongolia
http://www.ncch.gov.mn

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