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Traditional technique of making flint gun
The flint gun, a true witness of the skill and expertise of Mongol craftsmen, wittedness and sharpness of Mongol hunters, is a primary form of the practice of firearms used through XVI-XIX centuries. Parts comprising the flint gun include flint, breechblock, main barrel, ramrod and the accessories include gunpowder, bullets, and the wooden bucket to contain the accessories. The mechanism of the flint gun is based on shooting with bullet through ignition of gunpowder caused by the spark emitted from the flint.
Mongolia -
Golden Eagle – Eagle Hunter’s Festival
The Eagle Festival, one of Mongolia's most popular tourism events, has been held since 2000 with the aim of reviving the Kazakh eagle hunting tradition, passing it on to future generations, promoting it to domestic and foreign tourists, and turning it into a tourism product. The tradition of eagle hunting is believed to have originated among Central Asian nomads 6,000 years ago and has survived to the present day, with Mongolia being the best-preserved country. Therefore, in order to promote this rich heritage around the world and increase the flow of tourists, the “Eagle Festival” is held twice a year, in the spring on March 4-5 in Ulaanbaatar and in the fall in Bayan-Ulgii aimag in the first 7 weeks of October. The event begins in the form of a competition, in which eagles adorn themselves with national costumes, place domesticated eagles on their arms, ride horses trained to hunt eagles and join the parade. The best national costumes, horses and eagle equipment are selected. There are competitions to test the eagle's ability to hunt. The relationship between the eagle and the eagle hunter is determined by whether the eagle is obedient or not. In some years, live animals are caught and tested for eagle hunting.\n\n
Mongolia -
Golden Eagle – Eagle Hunter’s Festival
The Eagle Festival, one of Mongolia's most popular tourism events, has been held since 2000 with the aim of reviving the Kazakh eagle hunting tradition, passing it on to future generations, promoting it to domestic and foreign tourists, and turning it into a tourism product. The tradition of eagle hunting is believed to have originated among Central Asian nomads 6,000 years ago and has survived to the present day, with Mongolia being the best-preserved country. Therefore, in order to promote this rich heritage around the world and increase the flow of tourists, the “Eagle Festival” is held twice a year, in the spring on March 4-5 in Ulaanbaatar and in the fall in Bayan-Ulgii aimag in the first 7 weeks of October. The event begins in the form of a competition, in which eagles adorn themselves with national costumes, place domesticated eagles on their arms, ride horses trained to hunt eagles and join the parade. The best national costumes, horses and eagle equipment are selected. There are competitions to test the eagle's ability to hunt. The relationship between the eagle and the eagle hunter is determined by whether the eagle is obedient or not. In some years, live animals are caught and tested for eagle hunting.\n\n
Mongolia -
Golden Eagle – Eagle Hunter’s Festival
The Eagle Festival, one of Mongolia's most popular tourism events, has been held since 2000 with the aim of reviving the Kazakh eagle hunting tradition, passing it on to future generations, promoting it to domestic and foreign tourists, and turning it into a tourism product. The tradition of eagle hunting is believed to have originated among Central Asian nomads 6,000 years ago and has survived to the present day, with Mongolia being the best-preserved country. Therefore, in order to promote this rich heritage around the world and increase the flow of tourists, the “Eagle Festival” is held twice a year, in the spring on March 4-5 in Ulaanbaatar and in the fall in Bayan-Ulgii aimag in the first 7 weeks of October. The event begins in the form of a competition, in which eagles adorn themselves with national costumes, place domesticated eagles on their arms, ride horses trained to hunt eagles and join the parade. The best national costumes, horses and eagle equipment are selected. There are competitions to test the eagle's ability to hunt. The relationship between the eagle and the eagle hunter is determined by whether the eagle is obedient or not. In some years, live animals are caught and tested for eagle hunting.\n\n
Mongolia -
Custom of beseeching a bride
The custom of beseeching a bride starts with sending two individuals on white horses as matchmakers to ride to the family of the chosen woman to be a bride. When matchmakers reach the bride’s family and offer an honorable scarf to the father of bride saying to him, as “we have a deer hunter, you have a dove tailor of sables”. Parents of the chosen woman return the matchmakers with a reply that the decision shall be made upon consulting among their relatives. After a few days, the father with his son to be a groom and a special someone ride on to the parents of a woman to be a bride. They bring along the present to the parents of the bride. Once they arrive, the father of the son offers honorary silk scarf to the father of a bride. The second visit is to hear for their consent and decide the wedding day.
Mongolia -
Custom of beseeching a bride
The custom of beseeching a bride starts with sending two individuals on white horses as matchmakers to ride to the family of the chosen woman to be a bride. When matchmakers reach the bride’s family and offer an honorable scarf to the father of bride saying to him, as “we have a deer hunter, you have a dove tailor of sables”. Parents of the chosen woman return the matchmakers with a reply that the decision shall be made upon consulting among their relatives. After a few days, the father with his son to be a groom and a special someone ride on to the parents of a woman to be a bride. They bring along the present to the parents of the bride. Once they arrive, the father of the son offers honorary silk scarf to the father of a bride. The second visit is to hear for their consent and decide the wedding day.
Mongolia -
Shawa Sha-khe/che Chham (The Dance of the Stag and Hounds)
Shawa Sha-khe/che Chham (The dance of the Stag and the Hounds), or also called Acho Phen-to (the hunter and the servant), is one of the mask dances that fall into the category of Nam-thar zhi-chol gi gar-chham (biography-based mask dances) of the three major classifications of mask dances in Bhutan. This mask dance has the character of a play taken from the life story of Milarepa (1052-1135), and contains various characters and episodes that essentially convey the Buddhist principles of compassion, emerging faith, and human values leading to a harmonious life.
Bhutan -
Shawa Sha-khe/che Chham (The Dance of the Stag and Hounds)
Shawa Sha-khe/che Chham (The dance of the Stag and the Hounds), or also called Acho Phen-to (the hunter and the servant), is one of the mask dances that fall into the category of Nam-thar zhi-chol gi gar-chham (biography-based mask dances) of the three major classifications of mask dances in Bhutan. This mask dance has the character of a play taken from the life story of Milarepa (1052-1135), and contains various characters and episodes that essentially convey the Buddhist principles of compassion, emerging faith, and human values leading to a harmonious life.
Bhutan -
Shawa Sha-khe/che Chham (The Dance of the Stag and Hounds)
Shawa Sha-khe/che Chham (The dance of the Stag and the Hounds), or also called Acho Phen-to (the hunter and the servant), is one of the mask dances that fall into the category of Nam-thar zhi-chol gi gar-chham (biography-based mask dances) of the three major classifications of mask dances in Bhutan. This mask dance has the character of a play taken from the life story of Milarepa (1052-1135), and contains various characters and episodes that essentially convey the Buddhist principles of compassion, emerging faith, and human values leading to a harmonious life.
Bhutan