Boris Dochkaev, A Ritual to Remove Fear
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Terbish, Baasanjav
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Boris talks about how to perform a ritual to remove fear in children by melting lead:It is done as follows. A piece of lead is melted and poured into a bowl of water which is mixed with small amount of salt. The bowl has to be held above the patient’s head which should be covered with a white cloth. Once in cold water, lead takes various shapes that signify the source of fear. This process should be repeated three times. Afterwards, the lead is melted into a round shaped mass, wrapped in a white cloth and put under the child’s pillow for the night. The next morning the lead should be buried somewhere far away.
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Fear, ritual, cure, lead
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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