Psychosocial problem of people with epilepsy in Ulaanbaatar of Mongolia

Dagvadorj, Bayasgalan; Avirmed, Tovuudorj

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2019.10.806

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“…Boldoo, a herder, professional musician, and music teacher, argued that the songs herders sing to nursing sheep have the same function as büüvei , a particular genre of a lullaby for human children. In form, the practice is quite similar, as it involves the repetition of a single word, “ büüvei ,” over the course of a semi-improvised melody to calm the child and make them sleep (see Dagvadorj 2016). While there is a commonly repeated etymology of the word as a contraction of “ büü ai ” (“do not be afraid”), in conversation, büüvei simply means “lullaby.”…”

Section: Music As a Form Of Cross-species Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…He contended that this trust extends throughout the life of a person, setting them up to develop a zöölön or "softhearted" character rather than a khatuu or "hard" character that drives them to drink to excess, start fights, and cause trouble. Dagvadorj (2016:3) echoes these sentiments, writing that büüvei is as significant to a child's development as mother's milk, and that, "of people with nasty personalities, we say: 'their mothers must not have sung büüvei to them.'" non-human animals alike."…”

Section: Like a Lullabymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Like a Lullaby: Song as Herding Tool in Rural Mongolia

Hutchins

2019

Journal of Ethnobiology

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This paper examines the application of song as a herding tool. Based on participant-observation and twenty semi-structured interviews in pastoral encampments in the Gobi Desert over four months, I explore what the practice of singing to sheep can elucidate about interdependent human-animal relationships. The livestock birthing season in rural Mongolia in early spring is a crucial time for humans and animals alike. While pastoralists throughout the country have many different approaches for managing the challenges they face during this time, herders in rural Dundgovi province have a special set of tools for adopting orphaned livestock to new mothers: species-specific, semi-improvisational songs. The herders I work with in this province report that these songs are their primary method for instigating nursing and developing parental bonds between orphaned newborns and foster mothers. This musical practice is interwoven with other forms of traditional musical performance intended for human audiences. This paper contributes to a growing body of literature in ethnobiology that examines the musical capacities of non-humans. I take instances of livestock-singing in the Gobi as opportunities for the creation of mutual empathy between herder and animal. These performances implicate humans in the emotional worlds of sheep and give sheep the role of consumers of music—a position usually reserved for humans.

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