Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
| Created: | 2015-02-15 14:27 |
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| Institution: | Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Description: | In spite of the universal education that the state provides to children, the role of domestic education remains important for what Kalmyks call ‘growing up to be a Kalmyk’ which prepares children for adult life in society. Folklore, beliefs, practices related to pastoralism and hunting, and many other kinds of knowledge are taught in the family environment through various games. Games, however, are not exclusive to children. For adults, games also bear educational, entertaining, aesthetic, and bonding significance. Many traditional games reinforce social norms and values. Dramatic social, cultural, and economic changes that took place in Kalmykia over the past century, however, have reshaped and re-prioritized many aspects of traditional domestic education as well as social values, which can be also seen in the changing pattern of games. Here you can view and listen to stories about traditional games that are rapidly losing their popularity and educational significance.
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Media items
This collection contains 35 media items.
Media items
Alena Lidzhieva, About Games
Alena talks about traditional games, including khorma khotn, tsagan monda, mongn bus, nyarn shinj, and games played with ankle bones. Tsagan monda was a game played at night by...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 12 Jun 2015
Alexandra Nastaeva and Pupils of Secondary School No 12, Games With Ankle Bones
At the beginning Alexandra explains the rules of each game in the video to the pupils. The game called ‘Shoot out’ is played by two teams, consisting of two to four players in...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 25 Apr 2015
Alexandra Nastaeva and Pupils of Secondary School No 12, Traditional Games
‘Dugrul’ is a game played by boys of about the age of 10. The player hits a whirligig with a whip so that it whirls. In the past, this game was used as training for future wolf...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 2 Jun 2015
Anatoliy Safinov, Ankle Bones
In his childhood Anatoliy played with ankle bones. First, the ankle bones were polished with a stone and then a small hole was made in the middle of each ankle bone which were...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 8 Jun 2015
Andrei Boskhomdzhiev, A Kalmyk Game
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 13 Dec 2017
Anna Azvanova, About Children's Games
In the past children played with ankle bones. My father was very good at weaving whips. In Siberia he worked in a factory that produced felt boots. In Siberia there were no toys,...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 19 Jul 2018
Bembya Lidzhiev, About Games
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 16 Jun 2019
Bulgun Lapsina, About Toys of My Childhood
Bulgun reminisces about toys in her childhood.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 11 Sep 2018
Bulya Nyudeeva, Games
Bulya explains how to play the following games: ‘silver belt’ (a game played with a belt), ‘khorma khotn’ (a pulling game) and ‘dule modna’ (a game with a ball).
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 16 May 2015
Dzhidzha Araeva, About Children's Games
Dzhidzha talks about two games that she played in her childhood, namely ‘shaga’ and ‘tsagan modn’. The former involves ankle bones, and the latter is a game played in the evening....
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 19 Jul 2018
Evgeniy Dzhokhaev, Sanal Ochirov, Archery
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 20 Oct 2017
Galina Erdneeva, About Games and Toys
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 26 Jan 2018
Ivan Mengleev, About Children's Games
Ivan talks about a game with ankle bones and explains how to make playing balls from cow’s hair.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 21 Aug 2018
Ivan Tserenov, Games with Ankle Bones
Ivan reminisces that in his childhood he liked to play with ankle bones. The most difficult game was knocking a row of ankle bones with other ankle bones from a distance of about...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 4 May 2019
Ivan Ulyumdzhiev, About Children's Games and Sheep's Bone
Ivan says that in his childhood he played with ankle bones. Boys also played by ramming each other with their foreheads.
In the past, sheep were killed for food only after it...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 19 Dec 2019
Kheecha Sandzhiev, About Games in Siberia
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 15 Mar 2018
Khongor Bryugidikov, About Tseren Balzanov
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 5 Sep 2017
Ksenia Kardonova, About Children's Games
In childhood we played a lot. I had male and female dolls, I sewed clothes for them, fed them and played weddings. Interestingly, we distinguished them by khoton, this is our...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 6 Jun 2018
Maria Beltsikova, Games with Ankle Bones
Maria says that in her childhood she played various games involving animal ankle bones. Each side of an ankle bone has a name: alts, takh, bek, chokh. One game involves knocking...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 11 Jul 2019
Maria Lidzhigoryaeva, Children's Games in Siberia
In Siberia Kalmyk children played with ankle bones. Ankle bones needed to be prepared for games first by drilling a small hole inside and filling the bones with melted lead. It...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (GAMES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 11 Aug 2016