Gerel Shakeeva, About the Repercussions of Transgressing Bans
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Churyumov, Anton
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Gerel says that according to a Kalmyk tradition it is forbidden to sing songs loudly, or sing songs without uttering the words as if mooing, since these activities invite evil spirits. Gerel recounts a story when such evil spirits came to her in her dreams.
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taboo, rules, tradition, ghost story
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Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.