Sagsai

Sagsai District
Сагсай сум
ᠰᠠᠭᠰᠠᠢᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Map
CountryMongolia
ProvinceBayan-Ölgii Province
Area
 • Total
3,139.99 km2 (1,212.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
4,945
Time zoneUTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Sagsai (Mongolian: Сагсай) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. It is primarily inhabited by ethnic Kazakhs (Altaic Kazakhs). As of 2014 it had a population of 4945 people.[1]

The district is home to a large number of eagle hunters who use golden eagles to hunt foxes and hares.[2][3][4][5] Each year, Sagsai hosts the Altai Kazakh Eagle Festival and Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival on the last weekend of September to celebrate its heritage.[6]

References

  1. ^ "АЙМГИЙН ХҮН АМ, НИЙГМИЙН ЗАРИМ ҮЗҮҮЛЭЛТҮҮД" (PDF) (in Mongolian). Bayan-ulgii.nso.mn. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Eagle Festival Highlights Kazakh Culture in Mongolia". Eurasianet.
  3. ^ "International Journal of Intangible Heritage". International Journal of Intangible Heritage.
  4. ^ Soma, Takuya (2013). "Falconry Heritage: Ethnographic study of Altaic Kazakh falconers" (PDF). Falco. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Altai Kazakh Eagle Festival (Sept 18-20, 2020)". December 28, 2012.

Further reading

  • Soma, Takuya. 2012. ‘Horse-Riding Falconry in Altai-Kazakh Nomadic Society: Anthropological Researches in Summertime Activities of Falconers and Golden Eagle’. Japanese Journal of Human and Animal Relation 32: pp. 38–47.
  • Soma. 2013. ‘Hunting Arts of Eagle Falconers in the Altai-Kazakhs: Contemporary Operations of Horse-Riding Falconry in Sagsai County, Western Mongolia’. Japanese Journal of Human and Animal Relation 35: pp. 58–66.
  • Soma & Battulga, Sukhee. 2014. 'Altai Kazakh Falconry as Heritage Tourism: “The Golden Eagle Festival” of Western Mongolia', "The International Journal of Intangible Heritage vol. 9", edited by Alissandra Cummins, pp. 135–148. Seoul: The National Folk Museum of Korea. International Journal of Intangible Heritage
  • Soma. 2014. 'Current Situation and Issues of Transhumant Animal Herding in Sagsai County, Bayan Ulgii Province, Western Mongolia', E-journal GEO 9(1): pp. 102–119. [1]
  • Soma. 2015. Human and Raptor Interactions in the Context of a Nomadic Society: Anthropological and Ethno-Ornithological Studies of Altaic Kazakh Falconry and its Cultural Sustainability in Western Mongolia. University of Kassel Press, Kassel (Germany) ISBN 978-3-86219-565-7.
  • 相馬拓也 2012「アルタイ＝カザフ鷹匠による騎馬鷹狩猟: イヌワシと鷹匠の夏季生活誌についての基礎調査」『ヒトと動物の関係学会誌（vol. 32）』: pp. 38–47.
  • 相馬拓也 2013「アルタイ=カザフ鷹匠たちの狩猟誌: モンゴル西部サグサイ村における騎馬鷹狩猟の実践と技法の現在」『ヒトと動物の関係学会誌（vol.35）』: pp. 58–66.
  • 相馬拓也 2014 「モンゴル西部バヤン・ウルギー県サグサイ村における移動牧畜の現状と課題」, 『E-Journal GEO vol. 9 (no. 1) 』: pp. 102–189
  • 相馬拓也 2022『草原の掟－西部モンゴル遊牧社会における生存戦略のエスノグラフィ』（ナカニシヤ出版／2022年1月）
  • 日本放送協会(NHK). 2003. 『地球に好奇心：大草原にイヌワシが舞う～モンゴル・カザフ族 鷹匠の親子～』: NHKエンタープライズ(co-produced by 群像舎), 10:05-10:57 (13 December 2003), NHK-BS2 Television.
  • 日本放送協会(NHK). 2010. 『アジアンスマイル: 僕とイヌワシの冬物語～モンゴル・サグサイ村～』: NHKエンタープライズ(co-produced by 株式会社グループ現代), 18:30-18:50 (16 January 2010), NHK BS1 Television.

48°54′42″N 89°38′59″E / 48.91167°N 89.64972°E / 48.91167; 89.64972


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