Central Asian music Buryatia is a part of the Russian Federation.
One of the country's main instruments is a two-stringed horse-head fiddle called a morin khuur.
This is an instrument closely linked to the all-important cult of the horse, belonging to the intangible heritage of all Mongolic peoples.
There traditionally was no polyphony, instead voices and instruments performed the same melody in unison but varied in timing and ornamentation.
Under Soviet control, Buryat folk music was sanitized and mostly allowed in forms that were supportive of the state's power.