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dc.contributor.authorHacker, Randi
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-16T17:29:38Z
dc.date.available2014-06-16T17:29:38Z
dc.date.issued2012-03-28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/14083
dc.descriptionThis is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
dc.description.abstractBroadcast Transcript: Here in Mongolia, name giving is a family affair. Soon after a baby is born, on a day designated by a lama--but never on a Tuesday or Saturday--there is a ner hairlah or naming ceremony. The whole family contributes names. The parents choose three and write each on a tiny slip of paper which they roll tightly and slip into a bowl filled with millet. The father shakes the bowl until one of the scrolls surfaces. He reads the name then returns it to the grain. He repeats the process until one name has surfaced twice and that is the chosen name. Then the father whispers that name three times into the tiny ear. Like the Rabbi of Prague giving life to the golem by whispering a secret name of god into its ear, there's a power to this isn't there? #ceas #hacker #mongolia
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCenter for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPostcards from Asia;0255
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://audioboom.com/posts/879462-0255-naming-ceremonies?playlist_direction=reversed
dc.subjectMongolia
dc.subjectNaming Ceremony
dc.subjectGolem
dc.titleNaming Ceremonies
dc.typeRecording, oral
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