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Mongol bichig

Also known as ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ · vertical script calligraphy

Mongol bichig: photograph by Unknown author
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Draw the top-down strokes of the traditional script with a reed pen following a stroke guide, linking letters into a vertical word whose shape changes by position in the word.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Mongolia.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Steppe and Arctic.

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