Gutals

{{Short description|Traditional footwear of Mongolia}}

File:Mongolian boot, 2006 - Bata Shoe Museum - DSC00360.JPG

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Mongol gutals or gutuls (singular: gutal, mong. гутал) are leather boots that are a traditional footwear of Mongolia. Some unique features of the boots include slightly upturned tip of the toes,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSPMBAAAQBAJ&dq=gutal+boots&pg=PT25|title=ISBN 978-193-415-920-0 (Costumes of Asia: A Connoisseur's Coloring Book)|isbn=9781934159200|access-date=|last1=Heiter|first1=Celeste|year=2010|publisher=ThingsAsian Press }} different varieties of leather ornaments{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://www.mongolianz.com/post/2018/06/21/exotic-mongolian-boots-gutals/|title=Traditional Mongolian boots: The exotic gutals|date=21 June 2018|access-date=}} and vertically uneven cuts at the entering holes of the footwear. Gutals can be used especially as horseback riding{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://mongoliabusiness.mn/made-in-mongolia-online-shop/mongolian-traditional-boots/mongolian-traditional-child-boots-in-shagai-style/|title=Mongolian traditional child boots in Shagai style - Description |access-date=}} and wrestling footwear. However, It is still not the authentic Mongol gutal. It has entered Mongolia from Tibet during 17th century.{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Mongolia – Naadam Festival |url=https://cjtraveladventures.com/mongolia-naadam-festival/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513163638/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_i3mlL-ZahAJ:https://cjtraveladventures.com/mongolia-naadam-festival/+&cd=1&hl=fi&ct=clnk&gl=fi |archive-date=13 May 2021 |access-date=}}

Gutals are still used by the modern ethnic Mongols.{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/national-museum-of-mongolia/6QKS_riqdMgDKQ|title=Mongol boots (Mongol gutal), page section #10 & 11.5|work=Google Arts & Culture|access-date=}}

In the 2020 video game Ghost of Tsushima, it is possible to find an artifact item that represents traditional Mongolian gutal boots.{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://www.knowll.com/g/1263/ghost-of-tsushima-mongol-gutal|title=Ghost of Tsushima - Mongol gutal |access-date=}}{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://segmentnext.com/2020/07/18/ghost-of-tsushima-mongol-artifact-locations/|title=Ghost of Tsushima - All mongol artifact locations guide|date=19 March 2024|access-date=}} There is some speculation that, in the comic book Dragon Ball, a character called Gokū regularly wears boots that might be originally inspired by gutals.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOgvDAAAQBAJ&dq=gutal&pg=PT86|title=ISBN 978-194-314-947-6 (Dragon Ball Culture Volume 6: Gods)|isbn=9781943149070|access-date=|last1=Padula|first1=Derek|date=19 May 2016|publisher=Derek Padula }}{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYCJpk0XQAAsuFm.jpg|title=Gokū's boots|access-date=}}

Different designs of gutal boots:

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File:Mongolian boots belonging to Dondoghulam, first consort of Bogd Javzandamba Agvaanluvsan the 8th, ruler of Mongolia, early 20th century - Bata Shoe Museum - DSC00350.JPG

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File:Mongolian child and adult boots, 2005-2006 - Bata Shoe Museum - DSC00352.JPG