Ovoo

Un ovoo (mongol : ᠣᠪᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ, VPMC : öbôɣɣa, cyrillique : овоо, MNS : ovoo), signifiant « talus de pierre », parfois orthographié obo, est un cairn^[1] utilisé au sein de la culture chamanique mongole, notamment pour les sacrifices d'animaux aux déités des montagnes.

↑ (en) Daniel Miller and Dennis Sheehy, The relevance of Owen Lattimore's writings for nomadic pastoralism research and development in inner Asia, in Nomadic Peoples, vol. 12, issue 2, 2008, p. 103-115 : « Anyone who has spent time in Mongolia is familiar with an obo (cairn) and their special significance in the landscape ».

[1] (en) Daniel Miller and Dennis Sheehy, The relevance of Owen Lattimore's writings for nomadic pastoralism research and development in inner Asia, in Nomadic Peoples, vol. 12, issue 2, 2008, p. 103-115 : « Anyone who has spent time in Mongolia is familiar with an obo (cairn) and their special significance in the landscape ».

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