Episode 9 – What is Urtiin Duu, Long Song

What is the most accurate translation for Urtiin Duu?

Which of these singing style characterize the Urtiin Duu?

What influenced the vocal techniques of the Urtiin Duu?

In old times, how was the Urtiin Duu mostly sung?

Sort the different types of Urtiin Duu with the suitable definition.

Ceremonial songs that are sung as a call toward Tengri during statehood rites, ceremonial activities and feasts of honour.
Musical offering to the rites related to nature and daily life.
Relate to the Mongolian Buddhism and deeply involved into the life, arts and philosophy of the Mongols.
Represent the religious recitation, mantra chants as well as ritual songs of Mongolian Buddhism.
Sung widely in the environment of statehood rites in Inner Mongolia.
Have no ritual background and are forbidden to sing in any environment of rites.

Who initiated the perservation of the Urtiin Duu during the USSR influence period?

According to modern classification, sort the different types of Urtiin Duu with the suitable definition.

Seen as simple in structure and relatively short in length and does not require excessive singing skills.
Seen as more complex in structure, can be much longer and require more skills to be sung.

When was the Urtiin Duu inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?

Into the Morin Khuur

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