How did Rabjai combine folk songs with written literary traditions?

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The Buddhist priest and poet Rabjai (Dandzinrabjai) integrated folk and literary traditions by skillfully utilizing both folk songs and established literary forms derived from the Mongol written tradition in his religious and worldly songs and moralistic poems. Additionally, he composed a musical drama titled Saran Kököge ("Moon Cuckoo"), which was based on a Tibetan story about a prince living as a bird who preaches the Buddha’s truths.1