Traditional New Year meals of Tuvans

Authors

  • Asiana U. Ondar Tuvan Institute for the Humanities and Applied Socioeconomic Studies

Keywords:

meat, white meal, ritual meal, Buddhist altar, Tuvans, Shagaa

Abstract

Article reviews the features of festival meals of Tuvans during the Shagaa – a New Year by the lunar calendar. It highlights the depiction of most significant and sacred meals – sheep head and sheep broad tail.

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Published

01.03.2015

Issue

No. 1 (2015)

Section

Tuva yesterday, today, tomorrow

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Author Biography

  • Asiana U. Ondar Tuvan Institute for the Humanities and Applied Socioeconomic Studies
    Researcher, Department of Ethnography

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