THROAT SINGING IN MONGOLIA

Throat singing in Mongolia. The art of Mongolian throat singing is a style in which one or more pitches sound simultaneously over a fundamental pitch, producing a unique sound. The history of Mongolian throat singing reaches very far back. Many of the male herders can throat sing, but women are beginning to practice the technique as well. The popularity of throat singing among Mongolian seems to have arisen as a result of geographic location and culture.

Throat singing in Mongolia

The open landscape of Mongolia allows for the sounds to carry a great distance. Ethnomusicologistsstudying throat singing in these areas marks khoomei as an integral part of the ancient pastoral animism that is still practiced today. Often, singers will travel far into the countryside looking for the right river or will go up to the steppes of the mountainside to create the proper environment for throat-singing. And you have a chance to see that in western Mongolia!

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