String music performer Tsendsuren Enkhtur bridges Mongolian and Chinese repertoires

The khuuchir features a trapezoidal wooden body and a horsehair bow

Originally published on Global Voices

Khuuchir performance with Tsendsuren Enkhtur. Photo used with permission.

Bordering nations often share a common food or musical heritage that develops as a process of mutual influences. Mongolia, with its rich and distinctive musical traditions, is bordered by Russia in the north and China in the south, sharing a common history as a power that once dominated those two empires.