A comprehensive review of research pertaining to the relics and applications associated with the culture of the bactrian camel

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en Erdenebileg, Ö.

Эрдэнэбилэг, Ө.

Title

A comprehensive review of research pertaining to the relics and applications associated with the culture of the bactrian camel

Alternative Title

Хос бөхт тэмээн соёлтой холбоотой дурсгал ба хэрэглэхүүний судалгааны тойм

Publication Type

Proceedings

Language

mon

Number of Pages

17

Location

Mongolia

Keywords

Bactrian camel

Camel culture

Nomads

Caravan

Paracamelus

Relevance to ICH Safeguarding

definition

ICH Genre

social practices

Description

Camel’s cultural heritages are related to their origin, taming, domestication period, human lifestyle, and customs, while camel cultural things are associated with camel care, herding, and use of their productivity. Historical and archeological findings, petroglyphs, and other resources in Mongolia reveal that Mongol camels were first domesticated from 2500 to 3000 years ago as beasts of burden, milk, hair, leather, and meat. Mongolian Bactrian camels can lift 160-240 kg on their backs and 300-400 kg on the carriage, and they can travel with this amount of luggage 30-45 km per day, which means 4-5 km/hour in speed. One of the beasts of burden of the Mongolian camel was that it performed 70 percent of total state transportation of freight until 1950, which used from 350 to 400 thousand camels per year. Mongolian nomads classified the camel caravans into three types: near train up to 600 km, middle train up to 1500 km, and distance train longer than 1500 km. Loads of each camel are 100-200 kg, depending on the type of caravan. Travel of the caravans was divided into two types, “Khalkh and Kharchin,” which have two subtypes each. Each traveling time consisted of 14-18 hours. Caravans traveled or camped at any time of day or night, depending on weather, local conditions, and the need for rest.

Book/Journal Title

Umnogovi the cradle of ancient history and culture(Өнө эртний түүх соёлын өлгий Өмнөговь)

Publisher

The Gobi museum of nature and history

Place of Publication

Mongolia

Date of Publication

2022

Pages

108-124

Academic Field

cultural studies

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Community/Ethnic Group

Mongolia

Contributor

Council for Cultural Heritage Networking and Communication

Active Contribution

Mongolia, FY 2024