Үгэн наадгай “дэмбээ”, түүний төрөл зүйлийн онцлог, утга бэлгэдлийг тодруулах нь
A Study of the Folk Word Game ‘Dembee’: Its Genre Characteristics and Symbolic Meanings
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Айраг найр, айргийн наадгай дэмбээ, дэмбээний гуншин, дэмбээний цээр, дэмбээний утга бэлгэдэл, маргаан мэтгээний аман зохиол.Abstract
During the summer and autumn airak feasts, when there is an abundance of airak and milk, the Mongols engage in the playing of Dembé. This is a game that is played with the fingers and involves the repeating words in rhymes. The primary objective is to compel one’s opponent to consume as much airak as possible. Dembe, being a type of oral folk art, has elements of humor, performance, and competition aimed at developing speech, dexterity, and quick-wittedness, when two opponents try to guess how many fingers the other will show and attack each other with rhymes. The article examines the genre of oral folk art known as Dembe, highlighting its varieties, genre characteristics, and symbolic meaning through its rhymes, rules, taboos, and rituals. This game is directly linked to the culture of horse breeding and airak consumption, and over time has become one of the rituals for accumulating wealth and ensuring the prosperity of livestock.
