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THE CHONK TENTH: A TORGHUT FAMILY'S GENEALOGY IN HAR MOD


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Bulag, Uradyn E. 
Fuerwa, Dorjraa 

Abstract

This video delves into the genealogy of an extended Torghut family in Har Mod village in Bayangol. Peljei, a herder and farmer from Har Mod village, recalls his six ancestors: Ikh Maji, Shongchai, Tseden, Sangjai, Dorjara, and Yingying, along with their contemporary living descendants, who have formed a large tenth known as the Chonka tenth. Historically, Har Mod served as the winter pastures for the Baruun and Khereid banners, two of the five Torghut banners in Bayangol. However, following the privatisation policy implemented in the 1980s, the land was converted into agricultural use. Consequently, former herders were allocated small parcels of agricultural land as compensation and permanently settled among other ethnicities such as Chinese and Uyghurs, despite continuing to graze their livestock on the Bayanbulag grasslands in the Tenger Mountain during the summer season. At other times, they either graze livestock on farmland after harvest or feed them intensively in animal compounds.

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Bayangol, Torghut, Genealogy, Har Mod Village, Privatisation, Settlement

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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.