Drunkards and Singers: A Mongolian Battle of Sounds

When I conducted fieldwork among the Darhad of northern Mongolia my informants repeatedly asserted that after a good singer’s performance even the most badly intoxicated lad stands still and keeps silent. In this article, I make three points in order to explain why this claim was made. In the first...

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Main Author: Laurent Legrain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
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Online Access:https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/226
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