throat-singing: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	overtone-singing • khai • xöömii • khöömii • höömii • kai • khöömei

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A Mongolian throat singer in traditional attire plays a morin khuur fiddle and sings into a microphone on stage at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China.

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