Buryat shamans restored the method of attracting prosperity, which was used by Genghis Khan. To facilitate the attraction of luck to the townspeople, shamans built a special mountain in the courtyard of one of the communities.
Shamans from the Tengeri religious community decided to restore the method of attracting prosperity. This rite existed even before the time of Genghis Khan. To carry out the ceremony, stones and a mountain are needed. The stone was considered a living being: if it lay below, then after many, many years it should still rise up. This can go on for thousands, millions of years. And if you raise a stone and run it up, shamans believe, you can attract good luck immediately.
- Thus, we raise our luck - hYlde. It is given to a person from birth. This is his wealth, health and well-being. It so happens that hYlde is in decline. Then you need to perform the ceremony. A man on his good day comes to the river, throws a coin and says his name. Then he takes any pebble that falls, from a fingernail or from a fist, of any size. And with this stone he must go up the mountain. Having climbed to the top, you need to put a stone. Then "sprinkle" the Master of the mountain, saying that by this he raises his luck. Then the ritual is considered complete. By doing this you speed up the natural process of the passage of the stone from the bottom to the top.
Chairman of the Tengeri community Bair Tsyrendorzhiev
Since the townspeople do not have the opportunity to climb the mountains, in "Tengeri" they built their own mountain, which is located in the courtyard of the community. Ulanudenis come to the community yard with their stones and climb the mountain. Leaving a stone there, people go down and strike the gong so that the spirits hear them and pay attention to the one who needs luck.
- At the autumn thailagan (shamanic ceremony), we asked the spirits how to bring good luck to the people. Bukha-noyon (the totemic forefather of the Buryats in shamanic culture) told us that we need to build a mountain. And he showed us a safe place for her.
Denis Ilygeev, shaman
The shamans named the mountain hYldyn Sumbar Uula, by analogy with the name of the mythical mountain Sumber-Uula
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- This is a laudable idea, it has a sacred meaning. In the old days, the Mongols used to say: "Let the mountain be still high, my well-being grows with it."
Bair Lama, Shiretuy of the Orlik Datsan
Those who came to the mountain for well-being believe that with the help of a new ritual they will be able to attract good luck, since Genghis Khan himself raised stones for this.
- I have a good day today. I really want luck to turn to face me. The shaman told me that the stone represents my Khi morin (air horse of fortune), it must be lifted to close the door of losses, get a job and pay off debts. I really believe that my life will go uphill. And I came across a beautiful, round, white stone, so everything will work out.
Khandama, a resident of Ulan-Ude
Ooo Genghis Khan. Kokorino (Ivolginsky district)
In the last twenty years, there has been a tendency in Buryatia to revive the national identity through the resurrection of the most ancient rituals. More and more people are listening to the shamans, religious buildings are being erected on the territory of the republic. The most famous of them is Genghis Khan's obo (heap, pile, embankment) in the Ivolginsky region.
This majestic pyramid of huge boulders reaches the height of a four-story building. The construction is over 800 years old. At the beginning of the 20th century, the obo was partially destroyed during the construction of the railway. It remained forgotten for almost a hundred years, until in 1997 the lamas of the Ivolginsky Datsan restored the annual rite of worship of obo.