Editor's note: Khoomei, a traditional style of throat singing created by the Mongolian ethnic group to show respect for nature, was added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural ...

Khoomei has been passed down through generations of Mongolian nomads and is closely tied to their spiritual and cultural practices. Its ability to mimic the sounds of nature reflects a profound ...

Naranbadrakh (center) and his team of performers present a Beijing concert on Sept 21.[Photo provided to China Daily] "It's more difficult for women than men to perform the singing style, because ...

Khoomei is a unique singing style and outstanding creation of the Mongolian ethnic group. Meaning "throat" in Mongolian, Khoomei is a kind of double- or multiple-part singing art. Specifically, a ...

The Mongolian art of singing: Khoomei, or Hooliin Chor ('throat harmony'), is a style of singing in which a single performer produces a diversified harmony of multiple voice parts, including a ...

Internationally renowned artists from Mongolia, Japan, and the US come together for a fascinating collaboration, highlighting the popular Mongolian art of khoomei (throat singing) with the driving ...

Khoomei singers from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region gave a performance at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Yang Shirao / Xinhua A school in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region ensures the ancient ...

ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Ulaanbaatar's urban music scene is buzzing with a new vibe created by a hip-hop duo mixing into their sound the traditional art of throat singing, or "Khoomei", as Mongolians ...

Folk music is not boring (and neither is it sad). And the ethno ‘hits’ of the following musicians from Siberia and the Urals even get young people into the groove at parties, and not only in Russia.