Saturday, January 29, 2011

The Story of The "Weeping Camel"

The camels are magnificent animals, and the Mongolian children live harsh, yet carefree lives in the part of countryside in Mongolia. 
Mongolia's nomadic lifestyle has unique qualities. 


I would happily to share about Mongolians  Unique Gem.  
Among the nomads of Mongolia's Gobi desert, camels provide life's necessities. Camel hair is woven into clothing. Dried camel droppings fuel fires. Camel milk serves as a dietary staple. Shoes and saddles are fashioned from camel hides. 

Wealth is measured in part by the number of camels a person owns. So when a camel mother rejects a newborn colt, the nomads take the rejection very seriously. As the mother kept walking away from the colt, the baby wouldn't stop crying, even if someone tried to feed it a bottle. The camel wouldn't develop without its mother's milk, and eventually it would probably die from starvation. 
Keeping with an ancient ritual, a musician must be summoned to perform the ceremony. The purpose of this ceremony is to coax her mother camel for baby care. If the mother accept the child, according to legend the ritual to make her happy tears.

The Morin Khuur (horse-head fiddle) is the instrument most associated with Mongolian traditions and culture. Mor(in) means horse. When Mongolians were entirely a nomadic nation, the horse was almost their only means of transport, as well as man's best friend.  So musician with the horse-head fiddle can talk with mother camel ( animal). 

Weeping With Joy
A violinist was summoned from the nearest settlement. Then the  began to sing near the mother and baby, while the violinist played. There are no lyrics to the traditional song, just a repetition of the letters H-O-O-S. The word does not meaning. The most significant moment during the ritual is when the mother camel signals her acceptance of her baby by weeping real tears. 



"They are a remarkably self-sufficient people, producing all they need for life by themselves,". "They don't think about money. They cherish nature, because they depend on it. And they have a very strong connection to their animals. They understand that we, as humans, have to adjust and not the other way around. That is the philosophy of the nomads." (Luigi Falorni)


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