Sagsai Explained
| Sagsai District |
| Native Name: | Сагсай сум
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| Native Name Lang: | mn |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mongolia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bayan-Ölgii Province |
| Area Total Km2: | 3,139.99 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Total: | 4945 |
| Timezone: | UTC + 7 |
| Utc Offset: | +7 |
Sagsai (mn|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]
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. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ejgeo/9/1/9_102/_pdf
- 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) .
- 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.
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Notes and References
- Web site: АЙМГИЙН ХҮН АМ, НИЙГМИЙН ЗАРИМ ҮЗҮҮЛЭЛТҮҮД. Bayan-ulgii.nso.mn. Mongolian. 31 January 2020.
- Web site: Eagle Festival Highlights Kazakh Culture in Mongolia. Eurasianet.
- Web site: International Journal of Intangible Heritage. International Journal of Intangible Heritage.
- Web site: Falconry Heritage: Ethnographic study of Altaic Kazakh falconers . Falco. 41. 2013. 15 April 2019. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151017084620/http://www.mefrg.org/images/falco/falco41.pdf . 2015-10-17 . Soma. Takuya.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2013-12-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001924/http://www.analytrics.org/Documents/HSS_Actes_Proceedings_2012.pdf . 2013-12-03 .
- Web site: Altai Kazakh Eagle Festival (Sept 18-20, 2020). December 28, 2012.
