Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
| Created: | 2017-02-08 15:00 |
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| Institution: | Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Description: | As hair is considered to be part of a person's essence, it is forbidden to step over hair even if it is cut and lying on the ground. It is also prohibited to wash or comb one's hair in the evening or have one's hair cut on an inauspicious day. Toddlers have their first haircut when they are 1. The ritual of the first haircut, called ungn us khyachlkh or dyak avlgn, is initiated by the child's maternal uncle who cuts off the first lock. During this ritual, the handles of the scissors have to be bound with a red thread, which symbolizes the perpetuation of the vital power of the child's original hair. Boys are supposed to be left with five locks: one on either side of the head, one on the crown, one on the forehead, and one at the back of the head.
Female hairstyles, by contrast, are rather simple. Traditionally, girls had a single braid. After marriage, they divided their hair into two braids. |
Media items
This collection contains 15 media items.
Media items
Boba Kokueva, About Hairstyles and Hats
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 17 Jan 2018
Bulyash Chumudova, About Boys' and Men's Hair Styles
In the past when boys had their hair cut, five locks were left on their head: one on the top, one on the forehead, one on each temple and one at the back of the head. It was a man...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 16 Jun 2015
Bulyash Chumudova, About Women's Haircuts
In this interview Bulyash talks about traditional ideas and beliefs connected with haircuts and hairstyles.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 16 Jun 2015
Galina Suikieva, About the Ritual of the First Haircut
Galina says that according to Kalmyk tradition a child has his/her first hair cut at the age of one. It is the child’s maternal uncle who has to cut. A small bundle of the hair is...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 29 Mar 2016
Gerel Shakeeva, About Hair
In her childhood Gerel had thick, long hair. Her grandmother combed it while reading mantras. Women had long hair, because they were supposed to be ‘close to earth’. The Kalmyks...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 28 Sep 2016
Gerel Shakeeva, About the First Haircut
Gerel talks about her son’s first haircut. Gerel’s brother first cut the boy’s hair from four sides – this hair is kept today at Gerel’s mother-in-law’s house – and then shaved...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 28 Sep 2016
Kheecha Sandzhiev, Hairstyles and Beliefs
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 15 Mar 2018
Konstantin Naktanov, About the First Haircut
In this short interview Konstantin talks about the ritual of the first haircut among the Kalmyks.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 14 Jun 2016
Larisa Shoglyaeva, Kalmyk Hairstyles
In this short interview Larisa talks about hairstyles.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 2 Feb 2017
Namdzhl Putaeva, About Hair Care in the Past
Namdzhl says that in the past people did not cut their hair. Her sister still has a long braid. Namdzhl herself had a long braid too. People washed their hair with cottage cheese,...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 7 Apr 2017
Polina Fedorova, About Girls' and Women's Hairstyles
Polina talks about several topics, including the differences between girls’ and married women’s hairstyles, rituals performed on the bride’s hair during a wedding, and about some...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 31 May 2016
Polina Fedorova, About Men's Hairstyles
Polina says that Kalmyk men had long hair until the mid-19th century. When she was a child, men, however, had short haircuts. She says men did not spend much time in front of the...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 1 Jun 2016
Rimma Badmaeva, About Traditional Hairstyles and Clothes
Rimma talks about traditional hairstyles and clothes that Kalmyks had in the past:
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 22 Apr 2019
Yulia Naranova, How to Wash One's Hair
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 8 Feb 2018
Zoya Moskina, Women's Hairstyles
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (HAIRSTYLES)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 22 Apr 2018