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Tengrism
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ovoo
300px|thumb|Ovoo in the Gobi Desert|Gobi desert, Dornogovi, Mongolia
Ovoo, oboo, or obo (, , , , Traditional Mongol: , 'heap'; Chinese: 敖包 áobāo, lit. 'magnificent bundle' [i.e. 'shrine']) are cairns used as border markers or shrines in Mongolian folk religious practice and in the religion of other Mongolic peoples. While some ovoos simply consist of a mound of stones, most have branches and khadag stuck into them. In the absence of stones, ovoos can be made entirely of branches, or even soil or sand.
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Russian writer and poet
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