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

How to Cite

Ondar, A. U. (2015) “Traditional New Year meals of Tuvans”, The New Research of Tuva, 1. Available at: https://nit.tuva.asia/nit/article/view/51 (Accessed: 4.12.2024).

Issue

No. 1 (2015)

Section

Tuva yesterday, today, tomorrow

Author Biography

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

Researcher, Department of Ethnography

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