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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- ItemOpen AccessDmitriy Sharaev, Different dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-12-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumov, Anton; Churyumov, Anton
- ItemOpen AccessDmitriy Orusov, Dombra(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-07-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, Baasanjav
- ItemOpen AccessBoris Ochaev, The Saratov harmonica and melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Sandzhiev, Artur; Sandzhiev, Artur
- ItemOpen AccessBoris Ochaev, Dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Sandzhiev, Artur; Sandzhiev, Artur
- ItemOpen AccessBamba Mandzhiev, Religious musical instruments(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2018-01-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Korneev, Gennadiy; Churyumov, Anton
- ItemOpen AccessBaatr Mandzhiev, Temyanya bi(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2018-02-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Korneev, Gennadiy; Bembeev, Aleksandr; Sandzhiev, Artur
- ItemOpen AccessBaatr Bormandzhiev, About Kalmyk music(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-08-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Babaev, Andrei; Kovaeva, Bair; Babaev, Andrei
- ItemOpen AccessYuriy Sangadzhiev, Musical instruments(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Koldaev, Tseren; Koldaev, Tseren
- ItemOpen AccessVitaliy 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, Anton
- ItemOpen AccessViktoria Bazaeva, Dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-07-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, Baasanjav
- ItemOpen AccessArslan Shavgurov, dombra technique and melodiesDombra(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Bembeev, Aleksandr
- ItemOpen AccessSavr 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, Aleksandr
- ItemOpen AccessSavr Kataev, About Kalmyk melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-10-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Bembeev, Aleksandr
- ItemOpen AccessSangadzhi-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, Artur
- ItemOpen AccessOksana Dakinova, Yochin melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2017-09-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, Baasanjav
- ItemOpen AccessNikolai Duladzhiev, Dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2014-08-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, Baasanjav
- ItemOpen AccessNamdzhil Boldyrev, Flute melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2018-02-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Korneev, Gennadiy; Bembeev, Aleksandr; Sandzhiev, Artur
- ItemOpen AccessNadezhda Mikhailova, Saglara Sumyanova, Dombra melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-11-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Babaev, Andrei; Kovaeva, Bair; Churyumov, Anton
- ItemOpen AccessFolk Ensemble Yoryal, Traditional melodies and songs(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-07-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, Baasanjav
- ItemOpen AccessEvgenia Lidzhi-Garyaeva, Yochin melodies(Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge, 2015-07-01) Terbish, Baasanjav; Churyumova, Elvira; Terbish, Baasanjav