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Ongon Borto. Buryats

Title:

Ongon Borto

Ethnic groups:

Buryats

Territory:

Irkutsk province, Balagansky district

Date:

late 19th century

Material:

Larch, iron, horse hair

Dimensions:

length 33.0; width 20.5

Collectors-person:
Khangalov M.N.
Number:

РЭМ 1635-31

Annotation:

"Ongon" (guardian spirit) is an anthropomorphic image of the elder Borto, who, according to some legends, was a great shaman, according to others - a warrior, leader of the Khangin clan. In the Cis-Baikal region, the veneration of ongon Borto was widespread. He received the respectful epithet Borto ubgen - the elder Borto. Ongon was kept in a yurt and revered as the spirit of the patron ancestor of the Buryats.

Rus:
Онгон Борто. Буряты