Morin khuur instrument

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Morin khuur horse-headed fiddle

***** Location: Mongolia
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

The morin khuur (Mongolian: морин хуур)
is a traditional Mongolian bowed stringed instrument. It is one of the most important musical instruments of the Mongol people, and is considered a symbol of the Mongolian nation. The morin khuur is one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity identified by UNESCO. It produces a sound which is poetically described as expansive and unrestrained, like a wild horse neighing, or like a breeze in the grasslands.




The full Classical Mongolian name for the morin khuur is morin-u toloγai tai quγur, , (which in modern Khalkh cyrillic is Морин толгойтой хуур) meaning fiddle with a horse's head. Usually it is abbreviated as "Морин Хуур", Latin transcription "Morin huur". In western Mongolia it is known as ikil (Mongolian: икил—not to be confused with the similar Tuvan igil)—while in eastern Mongolia it is known as shoor (Mongolian: Шоор).
It is known in Chinese as matouqin (馬頭琴 or simplified 马头琴}), batookin in Japan 馬頭琴.
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Things found on the way

. The Japanese Koto 琴 .


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HAIKU

through the open window
the morin kuur’s melody is faint-
snow in the forecast

Tavanbayar Lkhagvaa


Listen to it here:
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