Musical Instruments
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This collection hosts videos of people playing musical instruments and relaying stories and legends about musical instruments.
Many musical instruments traditionally used in Kalmykia are also common among other nomadic peoples in Central Asia. Materials used in the making of musical instruments are various, including animal skin, hair, wood, not to mention stones, shells, and metals.
Kalmyk musical instruments can be divided into religious and folk instruments. The former were used during religious festivals and celebrations, whereas the latter at various social occasions such as weddings, concerts, competitions or simply for private entertainment.
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Item Open Access Dmitriy Sharaev, Different dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-12-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumov, Anton; Churyumov, AntonItem Open Access Dmitriy Orusov, Dombra(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-07-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, BaasanjavItem Open Access Boris Ochaev, The Saratov harmonica and melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Sandzhiev, Artur; Sandzhiev, ArturItem Open Access Boris Ochaev, Dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Sandzhiev, Artur; Sandzhiev, ArturItem Open Access Bamba Mandzhiev, Religious musical instruments(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2018-01-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Korneev, Gennadiy; Churyumov, AntonItem Open Access Baatr Mandzhiev, Temyanya bi(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2018-02-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Korneev, Gennadiy; Bembeev, Aleksandr; Sandzhiev, ArturItem Open Access Baatr Bormandzhiev, About Kalmyk music(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-08-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Babaev, Andrei; Kovaeva, Bair; Babaev, AndreiItem Open Access Yuriy Sangadzhiev, Musical instruments(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Koldaev, Tseren; Koldaev, TserenItem Open Access Vitaliy Mankirov, About religious musical instruments(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-07-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Koldaev, Tseren; Okonova, Altana; Churyumov, AntonItem Open Access Viktoria Bazaeva, Dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-07-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, BaasanjavItem Open Access Arslan Shavgurov, dombra technique and melodiesDombra(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Bembeev, AleksandrItem Open Access Savr Kataev, About the dombra concert at the Central Khurul(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Bembeev, AleksandrItem Open Access Savr Kataev, About Kalmyk melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Bembeev, AleksandrItem Open Access Sangadzhi-Gorya Dzhekiev, Melodies on the Saratov harmonica(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2018-04-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Korneev, Gennadiy; Sandzhiev, ArturItem Open Access Oksana Dakinova, Yochin melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-09-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, BaasanjavItem Open Access Nikolai Duladzhiev, Dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2014-08-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, BaasanjavItem Open Access Namdzhil Boldyrev, Flute melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2018-02-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Korneev, Gennadiy; Bembeev, Aleksandr; Sandzhiev, ArturItem Open Access Nadezhda Mikhailova, Saglara Sumyanova, Dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-11-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Babaev, Andrei; Kovaeva, Bair; Churyumov, AntonItem Open Access Folk Ensemble Yoryal, Traditional melodies and songs(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-07-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, BaasanjavItem Open Access Evgenia Lidzhi-Garyaeva, Yochin melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-07-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, Baasanjav