The Urtiin duu or “long song” is one of the two major forms of Mongolian songs, the other being the short song” (bogino duu). As a ritual form of expression associated with important celebrations and ...

Back to (Inner) Mongolia again. This is a story about a Mongolian singer who loses her voice after her husband dies in an accident. She goes back to Mongolia to rest. There is some truly stunning ...

Garbed in embroidered traditional attire, Aodenggerile, the Mongolian queen of urtiin duu or "long songs" crooned to the curious journalists the lyrical chants from the Mongolian steppe at the press ...

Suvda Khereid of Sunset Park is a Mongolian singer who has performed in Japan, China and across the United States. She is featured in the Center for Traditional Music and Dance’s Beat of the Boroughs: ...

The design of the Morin Khuur is closely linked to the all-important cult of the horse. The instrument's hollow trapezoid-shaped body is attached to a long fretless neck bearing a carved horse head at ...

Now based in Munich, the Mongolian-born singer combines the grace of vocal jazz with chamber folk and urtiin duu, the traditional music of her Central Asian homeland known for its endless steppes.

The Urtiin duu or “long song” is one of the two major forms of Mongolian songs, the other being the short song” (bogino duu). As a ritual form of expression associated with important celebrations and ...