The funeral and commemoration rite among the Tuvans of Bayan-Ölgii and Khövsgöl aimags, Mongolia

• Main Author: Elena V Ayyzhy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Novye Issledovaniâ Tuvy 2017
• Subjects: тувинцы; тувинцы Монголии; погребально-поминальный обряд; обрядовая практика; Цэнгэл; Баян-Ульгийский аймак; Монголия; Цаган-Нур; Хубсугульский аймак; Тува; Communities. Classes. Races; HT51-1595; Lamas; taiga
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/4efc1b10e972446f851f251ed8bf9504

The article provides a reconstruction of the funeral and commemoration rite of Tuvans in Mongolia. The rite includes a series of acts, rites, customs and taboos that are enacted immediately after the death of a person and until he or she is buried and the funeral feast is held. There has been a weal...