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TAMIRJAVYNBILEGSAIKHAN
ShiliinBogdMountain
Abstract
Mongoliansstartedtogoonpilgrimagestothe“energycenters”inthe1990s.Theyhave
beenveneratingseveralsitessuchastheShiliinBogdmountain,the“energycenter”in
theDornogoviprovince,“mothertree”intheSelengeprovinceandtheGeserlamatomb
intheTsahirsum,Arkhangaiprovince.Thepresentpaperdescribescurrentworshipat
theShiliinBogdmountain.
Keywords:ShiliinBogdmountain,pilgrimage,holymountain,centerofenergy,“good
men”(sainer)
DuringtheparliamentaryelectionsinMongoliain2012certainpictureattracted
attentioninsocialmedia.NinemembersoftheMongolianPeople’sParty(MPP)wrote
theirnamesonabigstoneandputitatthetopoftheShiliinBogdmountain(Шилийн
богдуул).Amemberoftheoppositepartytookaphotoofthisstoneandmadeit
accessibleinsocialmedia.ThenmanypeoplecriticizedtheMPPmembersandinsisted
onremovingthestonefromthesacredmountain.Soonafterthatsensationwasstopped.
WhenIwasdoingmyfieldworkattheShiliinBogdmountaininAugust2013,the
stonewasstillthere.
Thisarticledoesnotfocusneitheronthosepoliticians’actionnoronthatstone.
Instead,itfocusesonShiliinBogd.Themountainisanextinctvolcanointheeastern
Mongolia.ItisthehighestpeakintheSukhbaatarprovince,i.e.itstands1,778meters
(5,833fthigh)abovethesealevelandhasacratertwokilometerswideandoverthree
hundredmeters(980ft)deep.WhenIvisitedthemountainforthefirsttimeItravelled
bycarover70kilometersbyapavedrockyroadfromOvoot,atownintheDariganga
district,calledsum(сум)inMongolian,toShiliinBogd.ThecloserIwasgettingto
