When a mother camel rejects her newborn, Mongolian herders sing to reunite them; the centuries-old tradition is UNESCO-recognised
Camels in Gobi desert (Image Credit: Canva) There's a tradition out in Mongolia's Gobi Desert that sounds almost too tender to be real, yet herding families have kept it alive for generations. It's called Khรถรถslรถkh, sometimes translated as the "camel coaxing ritual," and the idea at its core is simple. When a mother camel won't accept her newborn, someone sings to her.It happens more than you'd expect. A calf is born and the mother turns away, refusing to nurse it. Or a calf has lost its own mother and needs another camel to take it in. Either way, herders don't…