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100 1 _aMannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil,
_d1867-1951
245 1 2 _aA Visit to the Sarö and Shera Yögurs
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2019-08-18
508 _aJari Koivisto
520 _a"A Visit to the Sarö and Shera Yögurs" by Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim is an ethnographic account written in the early 20th century. The book primarily focuses on Mannerheim's expedition to the remote tribes of the Sarö and Shera Yögurs in Central Asia, detailing their customs, daily lives, and social structures. Through meticulous observations, Mannerheim aims to shed light on these lesser-known cultures, which have been largely overlooked in broader historical accounts. In this work, Mannerheim provides a rich description of the Sarö and Shera Yögurs, documenting their lifestyle as predominantly pastoral people living on the fringes of Chinese civilization. He details their customs, from marriage rituals to cultural practices, and notes their unique clothing, diets, and economic conditions. The narrative captures the essence of their day-to-day life and the challenges faced by these small tribes, including their interactions with neighboring cultures and their gradual socio-economic decline. Throughout the text, Mannerheim employs both observational insights and anthropological measurements, aiming to preserve the heritage of the Yögurs before potential cultural erosion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aYugur (Chinese people)
653 _aUighur (Turkic people)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60129
999 _c100955
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