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The Legend of Khukhuu Namjil
The instrument "Morin Khuur " produces a warm sound as the wild horse neighing, or like a breeze in the grasslands. It is the most important musical instrument of the Mongol people, and it is considered a symbol of the Mongol nation.
One legend about the origin of the morin khuur is that a shepherd named Khukhuu Namjil received the gift of a flying horse; he would mount it at night and fly to meet his beloved. A jealous woman had the horse’s wings cut off, so that the horse fell from the air and died. The grieving shepherd made a horsehead fiddle from the now-wingless horse's skin and tail hair, and used it to play poignant songs about his horse.
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2013
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