Olga Budzhalova, about matsg, or fasting, rituals
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Terbish, Baasanjav
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Matsg is a ritual performed by a group of elderly women. These rituals were known to have been carried out not only in Soviet times but also in pre-revolutionary Kalmykia. Olga says that old women performed matsg rituals three times a month. In her village, it was usually performed at Olga’s house, for her mother was blind and could not leave the house. The ritual consisted of reading prayers together by the women.
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Buddhism, fasting, rituals
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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