Bulgun Okonova, Cradle
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Terbish, Baasanjav
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Bulgun shows a Kalmyk cradle with belts made from cow’s leather. She says that a cradle cannot be used by children from other families, nor can it be given away to strangers. After making a new cradle, people purify it with incenses and light a candle on the altar.
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Birth, cradle, beliefs
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Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge
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Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin