Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Assistant and Manager of the Association in Mongolia: Narangerel Nyamkhuu

Narangerel Nyamkhuu is a Researcher at the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, National Museum of Mongolia. And she is a Member of the International Centre for Mongolian Culture (NGO).
She cares a lot on her inner development with ethical and universal spiritual experiences…
She likes to say: Stand to the SKY, and then even lost or failed, you will be with STARS…
What she thinks about Nomadism: (From the perspective of education)
It’s a moving life style, so nomads could not bring and move their knowledge with books, papers and with libraries…
The family education, social and life motivation, living experiences and all the knowledge transmitted by elders in a way of Moving as Nomads to the new generation for thousands of years… Mongolians call that way of transmitting knowledge as “Tseej Erdem” which is memory knowledge based on the mind experience. It’s an amazing system to bring their knowledge and experiences from the elders.
Nomads train their kids from their young age to the Tseej Erdem knowledge system. Simply to explain, it’s an amazing and unique civilization which carries their ancient knowledge, experiences and inspiration in their mind and heart from their childhood.
The person should be educated as a Human first, then as a man or women. Nomads care the most on their inner development, character, personality and human responsibilities.
The second level of their education is based on their life duties such as woman or wife duties and man or husband duties.
The next level of their education is to learn and experience their life style knowledge, history of their elders, plants and animals etc…

So, Nomads don’t have many books or writings, all the writings, knowledge, experiences and education are in their inner memory and mind…
For example, nomads never read books or listen from others that where to move, how to know the weather, what kind of plants or herbs are good for what etc… All those knowledge is already in their mind and inner deep memory from their childhood. Nobody teach them how to respect nature, animals, plants and human existence. Naturally, Nomads are deeply connected with all of them and learn to respect with their minds and hearts…
Most often others think that nomads are wild and the simplest existing life style. But infarct it’s a most clean and friendly civilization to the environment and humane…
It’s a last and only civilization that keeps Human in a real Human being with a real and deep knowledge of human existence…