Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
| Created: | 2014-09-20 12:13 |
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| Institution: | Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Description: | People with unusual skills and gifts are often described in Kalmykia using the following expressions: ‘he/she is repeating his/her clan/lineage’ (tokhman durajana), ‘characteristics of his/her clan/lineage are showing up’ (tokhmn’ tachana), or ‘he/she is keeping up with his/her clan/lineage’ (tokhmar kookh). As these expressions show, traditionally it is believed that skills and gifts are inherited along clan lines. It is also acknowledged that various skills – for example, singing, dancing, craftsmanship, healing etc. – do not appear immediately, but have to be taught or awakened. Sometimes inherited skills, especially those possessed by folk healers or medlgch – including bone-setting, healing, fortune-telling, and interpreting dreams – have to be ‘teased out’ with the help of special rituals.
Objects inherited from parents, grandparents, relatives, or spiritual teachers have not only sentimental value but are also believed to possess magical and protective powers. In particular religious objects such as sutras, statues, amulets, rosaries, and healing implements are usually kept in the most sacred place in the house – on the domestic altar. People use them during special rituals and in difficult moments in life. |
Media items
This collection contains 26 media items.
Media items
About Inherited Skills
This video features stories of three Kalmyk women, namely Ekaterina Dorzhieva, Anna Antonova, and Galina Tikeeva.
Ekaterina’s mother was an accomplished singer. Ekaterina’s...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 23 Apr 2015
Alexandra Sangadzhieva, Family Relics
Alexandra talks about the Diamond sutra that she inherited from her great grandmother. The sutra was kept by Alexandra’s mother upon whose death it was given to Alexandra’s...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 12 May 2018
Anatoliy Kekeev, About a Family Relic
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 19 Mar 2018
Anatoliy Kekeev, About My Aunt's Rosary
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 19 Mar 2018
Andrei Boldyrev, About Inherited Skills and Objects
Andrei’s father was a monk who cured both sick children and adults, although Andrei himself cures only children and women who recently gave birth. He also purifies cattle barns....
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 21 Mar 2017
Antonina Kookueva, About My Family, Traditional Education and Family Relics
Antonina talks about her ancestors, parents, her childhood and family relics.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 28 Aug 2018
Badma Koldaev, My Relics, a Rosary and an Amulet
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 22 Apr 2018
Bulgun Okonova, Family Relics and Inherited Objects
In this interview Bulgun shows and talks about relics and objects that stay in her family. These objects include a blanket, a carpet, a buckle, a belt, a scabbard, a cup, a...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 30 Apr 2015
Danil and Sergei Orusovs, About Our Family Relics
When the Kalmyks were sent into exile, Danil and Sergei’s father took with him a statue of Buddha, a rosary, and a sutra. In Siberia he kept these objects, hiding them carefully. ...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 11 Jul 2019
Dmitriy Mandzhiev, My Family Relics: The Diamond Sutra
Dmitriy talks about his family relic, the Diamond Sutra, that his family inherited from their grandmother.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 28 Oct 2018
Dordzhi Barkhaev, About Amulets
Dordzhi talks about two kinds of amulets:
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 1 May 2019
Dzhemma Sharaeva, About Inherited Skills
Dzhemma says that the ability to sing, dance and play on musical instruments are inherent skills.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 1 Aug 2017
Galina Goryaeva, The Diamond Sutra, a Coin, and How to Look After a Buddha’s Image
Galina talks about the Diamond Sutra that she keeps in her house, a coin that she heals sick children with, and about the significance of keeping a picture/statue of a Buddha at...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 3 Mar 2018
Larisa Bastinova, My Family Relics
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 25 Aug 2018
Maria Lidzhigoryaeva, About the Diamond Sutra, a Rosary, and a Temple in Tsagan-Aman
Maria talks about the Diamond Sutra that was believed to be protecting her family and clan. When they lost the sutra, her family substituted it with a rosary. Maria also relays a...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 15 Mar 2018
Nadezhda Tarancheeva, About One’s Paternal Line
Nadezhda says that Kalmyks treat their sons differently, for they are their heirs. Not only that, one’s sons’ sons are also cherished for what they are. It is important to know...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 5 May 2019
Ochir Tazaev, About My Family Relic
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 17 Feb 2019
Oleg Minaev, Family Relics
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 17 May 2018
Rimma Badmaeva, About a Family Relic
Rimma talks about a statue that she keeps at home as a relic:
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 22 Apr 2019
Sanal Bovaev, About My Family Relic: A Gold Coin
Sanal talks about a gold coin of 1847 coinage that his brother uses to cure skin rashes. Their mother also used the same coin to cure people. The coin was inherited from their...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (FAMILY RELICS, INHERITED SKILLS AND GIFTS)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 4 May 2019