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The Sart Kalmaks: A Mongol group in Kyrgyzstan

TERBISH, Baasanjav

Basic information

Original name

The Sart Kalmaks: A Mongol group in Kyrgyzstan

Authors

Edition

Relinking Field, Archives, and Languages: Oral and Written Sources in Mongolia and Central Asia, Brno, Masaryk University, 8. 11. 2023, 2023

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50404 Antropology, ethnology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Kalmyks; Mongol ethnic group; Kyrgyzstan; anthropology; sociolinguistics; history

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International impact
Změněno: 7/2/2024 19:59, Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

The paper provides a general overview of the Sart Kalmaks in Kyrgyzstan, encompassing their self-identity, religion, historical background, and present situation. The paper is based on fieldwork the author conducted in early 2020. Currently residing in compact groups in the Issyk-Kul region of Eastern Kyrgyzstan, the Sart Kalmaks trace their roots to the Oold people and migrated to Kyrgyzstan from Xinjiang in the late 19th century. Originally practitioners of Buddhism, they underwent a religious shift and embraced Islam. Notably, the Sart Kalmaks now identify themselves as a Kyrgyz tribe, illustrating a dynamic cultural and religious change within this unique population.

Links

GM23-07108M, research and development project
Name: Proměnlivé adaptační strategie mobilních pastevců v Mongolsku: Dynamika v komunitních historiích a vzorcích stěhování dokumentovaná orálními prameny
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Changing Adaptive Strategies of Mobile Pastoralists in Mongolia: Dynamics in Community Histories and Movement Patterns Documented Through Oral Sources