Silk Road Tour 1 - Hohhot - Abigail Washburn & The Village:

The first stop on the Silk Road Tour was Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia. We got ready to play our first show at a huge hall and collaborated with a Mongolian throat singer and a horse head fiddle player.

Inner Mongolia is a province of China, but has a significant population of ethnic Mongolians. Some are still herders and the practice of throat singing is still alive. The singer and horse head fiddle player seen here told us they grew up in herding families in the countryside, but now they perform in a ge wu tuan 歌舞团, a kind of song and dance troupe.

The beginning of the video was shot early morning at a Buddhist temple in town. Mongolians traditionally practice Tibetan Buddhism. The drumming and dancing is a form of Yang Ge, often practiced by elderly Han Chinese ladies across northern China.

http://abigailwashburn.com

Full Silk Road Tour Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AbigailWa...

Tour Map:
‪http://g.co/maps/dnh73‬

Shot & Edited by Luke Mines

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[KhangCe]

"Stage go on stage the mouth" lmao!!!!!!

[Fred Koning]

Thank you!

[dbarshimon]

I believe it is a morin khuur, a relative of the chinese Erhu

also can be called a horse head fiddle. Someone correct me if i am wrong as I love those instruments.

[Fuji Lozada]

Great work. I've been following your career - makes it worthwhile for me as an Asian Studies professor at a liberal arts college.

[pelahale]

so are you & Bela separated now?

[Fred Koning]

what is the english name of the instrument that looks like a cello?