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Since the early 1950s, the Institute of Language and Literature at the Academy of Science (ILL) has been sending survey teams one to three times a year to research and gather data on oral literature and local dialectics. These activities set the groundwork for officially establishing a new archive with written documents and magnetic audio tapes that could be used for research purposes and be maintained. Preserved on magnetic tapes are languages and dialects that have gone extinct, have lost their distinctiveness, or have been adsorbed into other languages or dialects. However, most of the magnetic tapes being kept at the ILL are more than sixty years old, and the expiration date on many tapes has already lapsed. Also, improper storage conditions have caused some tapes to dry out, cling to one another, or fracture. For these reason, it would be hard to transmit to next generation. Accordingly, since 2008, efforts have been made towards restoring and digitizing superannuated magnetic tapes within the internal capability and capacity of the ILL. The lack of training, finance, and proper tools and technical equipment has, nevertheless, created several obstacles and the digitizing results have not been very successful. At this crucial state, the ILL introduced a cooperative request to the Foundation for the Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage (FPNCH), and the FPNCH proposed that ICHCAP continue the joint project and take measures for restoring and digitizing superannuated magnetic tapes and distributing and disseminating the data among the general public. According to the above decision, the FPNCH and ICHCAP implemented the Joint Cooperation Project of Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage by Using Information Technology from October 2011 to April 2012. As the first stage of the project, the Expert Meeting for Safeguarding ICH by Using Information Technology was held in the Republic of Korea to exchange information with experts for digitizing and restoring the analogue data. The experts of Mongolian National Public Radio, the ILL, and the FPNCH started the project after sharing restoration and digitization knowledge with the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) of Korea, the National Archives of Korea, and the Korea Film Council. As the main outcome of the project, a total of 715 hours of superannuated magnetic tapes including epics, folk tales, tales accompanied by the morin khuur, traditional arts, khuumei, chor, long and short folksongs, and traditional customs were restored, digitized, and categorized. Among them, 128 audio clips were selected and reproduced in a ten-CD collection called Sounds from the Mongolian Grasslands. The collection also includes a twenty-page handbook in English or Korean. Through this project, the general public’s, involved organizations’, and domestic and international experts’ awareness about Mongolian ICH increased, and the archive and music contents of regional ICH were strengthened.
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This CD presents a selection from shamanic and Buddhist religious oral expressions, including recitation of shamanic verses and Buddhist services.
Audios
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No. Title Performer Country Manage No Running Time 1 Shamanic & Buddhist Heritage Mongolia AA00000065 Sutra Chantings in Buddhist Scripture, Shashnii Nomiin Unshlaguud (a part from a Buddhist religious service) Unknown Mongolia AI00000213 0:10:27
Tibetian Buddhist Scripture Chanting, Tuvd Nom Yagnaj Unshikh Chimeddambaa (60-year-old male, Khalkha ethnicity) from Undurshireet, Tuv Mongolia AI00000231 0:01:52
Pelden of Namnan Gambiin, Namnan Gambiin Pelden (Mongolian sutra chanting) Y. Jamba (75-year-old male, Khalkha ethnicity) from Delgerkhaan, Tuv Mongolia AI00000233 0:05:04
Manich Sutra Chanting, Maaniin Unshlaga N. Tseveenregzen (52-year-old female, Khalkha ethnicity) from Undurshgireet, Tuv Mongolia AI00000250 0:02:12
Manich Chanting Hymn, Maani Khugjuukh Aya B. Dahsaa (70-year-old male, Khalkha ethnicity) from Tsetse-Uul, Zavkhan Northeast Asia,Republic of Korea,Mongolia AI00000241 0:00:41
Manich Chanting, Maaniin Aya B. Dahsaa (70-year-old male, Khalkha ethnicity) from Tsetse-Uul, Zavkhan Mongolia AI00000244 0:01:43
Dance Music of Khar Serkh Seterlej Avsan Ongod, Khar Serkh Seterlej Avsan Ongod Duudakh Tamlaga S. Ayush (63-year-old female, Tuva ethnicity) from Tsengel, Bayan-Ulgii Mongolia AI00000243 0:02:29
Setrin Dance Music of Khukh Morinii, Khukh Morinii Setriin Tamlaga S. Ayush (63-year-old female, Tuva ethnicity) from Tsengel, Bayan-Ulgii Mongolia AI00000251 0:01:20
Dance Music of Chandaganii, Chandaganii Tamlaga S. Ayush (63-year-old female, Tuva ethnicity) from Tsengel, Bayan-Ulgii Mongolia AI00000214 0:03:23
Dance Music of Khariin Zugiin, Khariin Zugiin Buugiin Duudlaga N. Gavaa (66-year-old male, Khotgoid ethnicity) from Tsetserleg, Khuvsgul Mongolia AI00000238 0:00:36
Khar Ongodiin Dance Music of Shaman, Buugiin Khar Ongodiin Duudlaga S. Chultem (75-year-old male, Uriankhai ethnicity) from Tsengel, Bayan-Ulgii Mongolia AI00000252 0:00:33
Dance Music of Shaman, Buugiin Tamlaga D. Purev (58-year-old female, Tuva ethnicity) from Tsengel, Bayan-Ulgii Mongolia AI00000217 0:01:22
Dance Music of Khuren Ongonii, Khuren Ongonii Tamlaga S. Ayush (63-year-old female, Tuva ethnicity) from Tsengel, Bayan-Ulgii. Mongolia AI00000220 0:01:58
Dance Music of Buyan Khishing Dallah, Buyan Khishig Dallah Tamlaga S. Ayush (63-year-old female, Tuva ethnicity) from Tsengel, Bayan-Ulgii Mongolia AI00000255 0:03:29
Dance Music of Dayan Deerkhiin, Dayan Deerkhiin Duudlaga Shaman Dorj (78-year-old male, Darkhad ethnicity) from Tsagaan-Uur, Khuvsgul Mongolia AI00000207 0:07:48