Nomadic Civilization: Historical Research (Apr 2022)

The material and spiritual culture of the Oirat-Mongolian nomads in the mirror of Sart-Kalmyk proverbs

  • B. V. Badma,
  • B. Kh. Borlykova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.53315/2782-3377-2022-2-1-93-99
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 93 – 99

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The article is devoted to the proverbs of the Sart-Kalmyks of Kyrgyzstan. It was in 1929 when A.C. Burdukov for the first time noted about the oral heritage of Sart-Kalmyks. Sart-Kalmyks, or Issyk-Kul, or Karakol Kalmyks (Kalmaks) are a small ethnic group of Oirat origin, practicing Islam. The ancestors of the Sart-Kalmyks came from the Xinjiang. The source base for the article was the personal field materials of the authors collected during the 2009–2021 scientific expeditions.

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