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120247
Tue, 05/04/2010 - 18:38
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WE WANT YOU TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MONGOLIA
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Mongolians have an ancient and rich tradition of epic verse and song. The most remarkable are Geser and Janger, which were performed by bards in a sung verse form, sometimes accompanied by a horsehead fiddle and khoomii (throat singing).
The horse is one of the main subjects of Mongolian verse and thus is so in the epic. Among Turko-Mongol people there are close links between the epic and shamanism. Epics are full of shamanistic themes, formulae and images, and the performance of an epic was thought to be a magic rite. So, before the bard begins the epic, he performs a poetic praise (magtaal) dedicated to the holy Altai Mountain.
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Mongolians have an ancient and rich tradition of epic verse and song. The most remarkable are Geser and Janger, which were performed by bards in a sung verse form, sometimes accompanied by a horsehead fiddle and khoomii (throat singing).
The horse is one of the main subjects of Mongolian verse and thus is so in the epic. Among Turko-Mongol people there are close links between the epic and shamanism. Epics are full of shamanistic themes, formulae and images, and the performance of an epic was thought to be a magic rite. So, before the bard begins the epic, he performs a poetic praise (magtaal) dedicated to the holy Altai Mountain.
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