ELIC Field Notes

Post #4

I don't mean to rebel against the idea that music can be unifying. But it can be just as diverse as regular language! It unites us, not because we all understand or enjoy it in the same.

The instrument is meant to sound a bit like a horse as well (there is a clear example of this in one of the links below). The energy of this song, completely different from the Urtiin Duu, races along with the galloping horses stolen by the Robin Hood-like Toroi Bandi, a great hero of Mongolian tradition. Heroes, horses, and the land are common topics for Mongolian songs.

Post #3

I don't mean to rebel against the idea that music can be unifying. But it can be just as diverse as regular language!... Read More