Culture

Language(s): Eng, » Mon

Summary/Historical Context

The Mongolian epic of Jangar is recounted and sung by a Jangarchi or epic singer during public events such as weddings and the Naadam festival and accompanied by instrumentation such as the horse-head fiddle, lute and spike fiddle. Each epic singer has his own distinctive style of singing: softer, more guttural, calmly, or animatedly. The epic cycle consists of around seventy episodes, each of seven to eight hundred lines, telling of gifted and courageous heroes, and interconnected with stories of King Jangar.

on this subject: Nomination file / Dossier de candidature

Place/country: Mongolia,
Series: 2011 Inscriptions on the Urgent Saveguarding List/Inscriptions 2011 sur la liste de sauvegarde urgente,
Type: Documentary
Duration: 00:10:02
Author/director: Tudev Bayasgalan, Balchig Katuu,
Published in: 2010