Sacred Mountains in the Context of the Modern Nation: The Political Dimension of the Landscape in Mongolia

• Main Author: Smyrski, Łukasz
• Other Authors: Granas, Michelle. Tł.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk 2020
• Subjects: Mongolia; Altai; sacred mountains; tachilga; ceremonies; invented tradition; landscape; etnografia > czasopisma; Polska; The Guardians; Sibirica
• Online Access: https://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/158868/content

24 cm The aim of the article is to analyze the relationship between the landscape and the process of building national identity in Mongolia in the context of political transformation. I describe contemporary practices related to the public tachilga offering intended for the guardians of the most important mountains with national status in Mongolia. I consider how the local ontology based on the relational interaction between human and non-human entities is reflected at the level of state activities. Discussing the issue, I refer to the category of landscape and show how it has become a major actor in contemporary national discourse in Mongolia 24 cm 24 cm The aim of the article is to analyze the relationship between the landscape and the process of building national identity in Mongolia in the context of political transformation. I describe contemporary practices related to the public tachilga offering intended for the guardians of the most important mountains with national status in Mongolia. I consider how the local ontology based on the relational interaction between human and non-human entities is reflected at the level of state activities. Discussing the issue, I refer to the category of landscape and show how it has become a major actor in contemporary national discourse in Mongolia