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1. Khuur Melodies - A song expressing, and exulting, the quiet, soft sounds of the Altai, the Hangai and the Gobi plains. 2. Altai Praise Song - A ubiquetous tune, played by every Mongolian musician. This makes it a way to judge the style and qualities of the artist among Mongols. Its performance, on the Altai itself, during Tsagan Sar is still a venerated, sacred event. 3. Khoomil - An overtone song, performed by Ganzorig. About a man racing towards his irresistable love, on the best of all horses - a pacer. 4. The Nicest Auburn Horses - This song celebrates the most special of horses, which deserves to have the most delicate saddle, from the hand of Sanbuu himself, because of its extrodinary character. 5. Bordshigan - This song is about the village Bordshigan and the traditions and ways of its famous craftsmen. 6. The Five Kazakhs - An air based on a legend about Kazakhs who raid and plunder a Mongolian village. 7. The Trot of an Uulgan Shar Camel - This is what the CD insert says about this song, 'Every morning camels spread their piteous-sounding cries over the vast plains of the Gobi desert. The moving moos of the camels bring Mongols to tears, while the Mongols' khuur-play can bring camels to tears. Here the khuur renders the camelmoose, preceded by the rather shaky camel trot. Beware, this mutual tearjerker may do you brown, too!' 8. Khookhoo Namjil - The name of a legendary frontier guard. This man is said to have produced the first Mongolian fidd
