The Buryat heroic epic as ethno-cultural phenomenon in the context of intangible cultural heritage of the Buryats

The Buryat uligers are deeply original and distinctive phenomenon in the context of rich ethno-cultural traditions of the Mongolian people. The paper shows that the heroic epic «Geser» is a major cultural phenomenon in the Baikal region, one of the vitality criterion of folk spiritual culture. Geseriada manifested itself as a form of ethnic identity and national unity, organically and comprehensively related to the core of the national spirit and its creative manifestation in time and space. It is noted that the outstanding scientists-mongolists were united in a high historical assessment of the Buryat heroic epic as a whole and particularly Geseriada, that says about the significance of this epic in the identification of cultural heritage of the Buryat people in the context of Central Asian civilization. Thus, «Geser» is regarded as a distinctive, fully independent and unique phenomenon defining the spiritual image of the people who created it.