Some Mongolian traditions related to wooden bowls
Author(s)
Title
Some Mongolian traditions related to wooden bowls
Alternative Title
Монголчуудын модон аяганд холбогдох зарим уламжлал
Publication Type
Language
mon
Number of Pages
8
Location
Mongolia
Keywords
Wooden bowl
Tradition
Mongolians
Khas symbol
Nomads
Relevance to ICH Safeguarding
ICH Genre
Description
Throughout the history of human culture, wooden bowls have been used, and with the development of manufacturing in settled civilizations, trademarks, and artisan marks have long been used to distinguish products from others. However, the nomads had a tradition of writing symbols/stamps or symbolic words and blessings on the surface of their very own bowls. Mongolians put a stamp on their private bowls, which is inseparable from the household use of nomads, so it has been preserved until now. However, despite the spread of the “khas or swastika” mark due to worldview and religious influence, it has developed into an image containing the symbol of auspiciousness of the Mongols, as confirmed by the swastika motifs depicted on wooden and silver bowls of the 20th century.
Book/Journal Title
Publisher
National Museum of Mongolia
Place of Publication
Mongolia
Date of Publication
2023
Volume
XXIV
Issue
Fasc 11
Pages
135-142
ISBN
978-9919-9915-1-7
ISSN
2308-5037
Academic Field
cultural studies
Community/Ethnic Group
Mongolia
Active Contribution
Mongolia, FY 2024