In 2018 Tsuur performer B.Naranbat played the tsuur music in integration with B.Khurelbaatar's “Baatar Khairkhan,” which won the Grand Prix of the 31st Morin Khuur Festival. During that time, epic-tellers such as B.Naranbat, E.Baatarjav, and A.Baldanoroj were honored as “The most internationally acclaimed bearer of tsuur” Representatives from Ulaanbaatar, Erdenet, Darkhan, Bayan-Ulgii, Khovd, Uvs, and Govisumber provinces participated in this festival. The “Nomadic Mongolia 2018” Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival was organized nationwide in 2018 within the framework of the five domains of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage. Chuluun Music and Drama Theater, University of Culture and Arts, Khovd University, and the Mongolian State Conservatory, the following research, capacity-building, and advocacy-based activities were organized to identify and promote practitioners, and to expand formal and informal training in the capital city and local areas: In collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, National Center for Cultural Heritage (NCCH), "Union for Khunnu tsuur performers" NGO, Khovd Province Governor's Office, and N. With the aim to urgently safeguard the “Traditional music of the Tsuur,” consistent efforts in the field of creating a social environment among the Altai Uriankhai – an ethnic group in the western region of Mongolia, reviving and distributing this art in the area, and supporting the tsuur music and its performers have therefore protected tsuur music from its extinction and its has been strengthened.ĭuring the reporting period of 2018-2021: Consequently, the number of practitioners and learners has been increasing. Since the inscription of the “Traditional music of the Tsuur” heritage, Mongolia has undertaken multifaceted activities to identify the practitioners of the “Traditional music of the Tsuur", establish a registry database, research, promote, and transmit this cultural heritage to future generations. Please provide an executive summary of the report that will allow general readers to understand the current status of the element, any positive or negative impacts of inscription, the implementation of safeguarding measures during the reporting period and their possible update for the following years. Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites (2017) The forty known pieces preserved among the Uriankhai Mongolians are transmitted exclusively through the memory of successive generations – a feature making this art highly vulnerable to the risk of disappearing. The Tsuur tradition has faded over recent decades as a consequence of negligence and animosity toward folk customs and religious faith, leaving many locales with no Tsuur performer and no families possessing a Tsuur. The music reflects one’s inner feelings when travelling alone, connects a human to nature, and serves as a performing art. The Tsuur is traditionally played to ensure success for hunts, for benign weather, as a benediction for safe journeys or for weddings and other festivities. Simultaneously touching the mouthpiece of the pipe with one’s front teeth and applying one’s throat produces a unique timbre comprising a clear and gentle whistling sound and a drone. The Tsuur is a vertical pipe-shaped wooden wind instrument with three fingerholes. Its origins lie in an ancient practice of worshipping nature and its guardian spirits by emulating natural sounds. Tsuur music has an inseparable connection to the Uriankhai Mongolians of the Altai Region, and remains an integral part of their daily life. Tsuur music is based on a combination of instrumental and vocal performance – a blending of sounds created simultaneously by both the musical instrument and the human throat. © 2009 by National Centre for the Intangible Cultural Heritage
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