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Misc. source - Ovoo
Identifier
004993
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
“This Ovoo is a powerful site for ceremonies the local spirits as well as father heaven, mother earth and other shamanist spirits inhabit it” – from Shamans of Siberia and Mongolia.
“Dr Batzorig a shaman from Ulaan Baator Mongolia at the site of a sacred Ovoo, calling forth the spirits of the weather” – from Shamans of Siberia and Mongolia.
“The Ovoo is the equivalent of a shamanists shrine, in Mongolia when passing by an ovoo travelers are required to walk around it three times and place a rock, coin or bone on it. In doing this they add to its power symbolically and themselves receive "windhorse", which is good luck for his journey. ” – from Shamans of Siberia and Mongolia.