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Altai Mountains
Tengri was much pleased to note that the tradition of worshipping sacred mountains and waters is one of the outstanding cultural heritage elements created, developed and practiced by Mongolians since ancient times. The unique traditions and long-standing customs of the Mongols are to worship and protect sacred mountains since ancient times. Due to worship traditions, the sacred mountains remain untouched and pristine.

They preserve globally endangered and rare species of animals and plants, and, thus, they demonstrate the outstanding universal significance. The tradition of worshipping mountains has very specific customs and rituals.

There are many wonderful intangible cultural heritage elements associated with the worship of sacred mountains that have been preserved and continue to thrive, such as chanting sutras and sharing folk knowledge, legends, benedictions, odes, epics, folk songs, folk art and performing art.

Tengri scanned more than 1000 sacred sites in Mongolia and all sacred mountains are worshipped with shamanic rituals and later these wonderful tradition and rituals are enriched.

Now he is moving to the Altai Mountains, which are one of the three major mountain ranges in Mongolia. The name "Altai" means "Gold Mountain" in Mongolian; "alt" (gold) and "tai" (suffix – "with"; the mountain with gold) and also in its Chinese name, derived from the Mongol name literally: "Gold Mountain". In Turkic languages, altın means gold and dağ means mountain.

This Altai Mountains range is in Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan come together and are where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters. The northwest end of the range is at 52° N and between 84° and 90° E (where it merges with the Sayan Mountains to the east) and extends southeast from there to about 45° N and 99° E, where it gradually becomes lower and merges into the high plateau of the Gobi Desert.





<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Read " Khan the Great" and enjoy the fauna at the Altai Mountains….Sivkishen Ji, Author