Culture: Kalmyk folklore

Kalmyk translator Danara Balaeva-Kokaeva published Kalmyk fairy tales in English on the global Internet, the KalmykiaNews reports. (more…)

As many respected scholars of Oriental studies suppose – Kalmykia is the second birthplace of fairy tales after India. And for good reasons.

We have many stories of different genres: heroic tales (baatrlgch tuuls), magic tales (sidtya tuuls), everyday stories and many others! Kalmyk Folklore is really rich.

And our the most important heritage is, of course, as many of you have probably guessed, the epos “Djangar“! (more…)