Hand, shoulder and leg movements express aspects of Mongol herders' everyday lifestyle such as milking the cow, cooking, hunting, household labor, customs and traditions, etc.
... they danced around the Many-Leaved Tree of Qorqonaq until they stood in furrows up to their ribs and made wounds up to their knees.
Many of the folk dances are performed to the accompaniment of the Tovshuur, Morin Khuur (Horse-headed fiddle), ikhel, sometimes in combination with other instruments.
The choreography is rich and diverse, since people living in different parts of the country employ different means of expressing their feelings.
Instead, the dancers principally use only the upper part of their bodies, and through their rhythmic movements express various aspects of their identities, such as sex, tribe, and ethnic group.