A special pattern is an artistic variation of the baldaq, a stand used by the Berkutchi for a comfortable hand position when riding a golden eagle. This pattern forms a complex ornamental motif in a single composition, decorated with felted and embroidered products. It is a meandering ornamentation. The symbolic meaning of the ornament “Baldaq” is most likely defined by its function: support, hold and strength.
This image is found in the world culture, the Chinese crutch forms one of the emblems with the meaning of support, and in Christianity it is the emblem of St. Anthony, in the Greco-Roman tradition – an attribute of the mythical blacksmith Hephaistos. It is similar in meaning to the staff, the stick, etc. In world culture, as is known, the staff is a projection of the world tree, an attribute of shamans, priests, guides, fortune tellers, storytellers and other categories of people who have a high degree of spiritual power.
