Matouqin
Sambuugiin Pürevjav of Altai Khairkhan performing in Paris in 2005.
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| String instrument | |
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| Other names | Matouqin, Шоор (Shoor), Икил (Ikil) |
| Classification | Bowed string instrument |
| Related instruments | |
| Byzaanchy, Igil, Gusle, Kobyz | |
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| Music of Mongolia | |
The morin khuur (Mongolian: морин хуур), also known as the horsehead fiddle, is a traditional Mongolian bowed stringed instrument. It is one of the most important musical instruments of the Mongol people, and is considered a symbol of the Mongolian nation. The morin khuur is one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity identified by UNESCO.
The full Classical Mongolian name for the morin khuur is morin toloγai tai quγur, ᠮᠣᠷᠢᠨ
ᠲᠣᠯᠣᠭᠠᠢ ᠲᠠᠢ
ᠬᠣᠭᠣᠷ, (which in modern Khalkh cyrillic is Морин толгойтой хуур) meaning fiddle with a horse's head. Usually it is abbreviated as "Морин хуур", "ᠮᠣᠷᠢᠨ
ᠬᠣᠭᠣᠷ", Latin transcription "Morin huur". In western Mongolia it is known as ikil (Mongolian: икил—not to be confused with the similar Tuvan igil)—while in eastern Mongolia it is known as shoor (Mongolian: Шоор).
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