In Mongolia, overtone singing (or hoomei, as it's known locally) is mainly a guy thing, but there are exceptions to the rule, for example, the
Hoomei Women's Group. More commonly though, women who want to sing do so in an exquisite, soaring style like
this and
this. Sometimes the men do the hoomei thing while the women do that
soaring thing. Then there are those lovely
choral arrangements. And then there are those rare moments when the YouTube poster's description of a clip just hits the nail square on the head, as with this one:
amazing.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Feb 29, 2008 -
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