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“Khusugtun” folk group to perform in Australia
Art & CultureUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Embassy of Mongolia in Australia and ANU Mongolian Institute have announced that the 2015 grand finalists of the “ASIA’S GOT A TALENT” show--the “KHUSUGTUN” ethnic group of Mongolia--will perform in Australia.
The group will give live concerts this December 1 at the ANU Llewellyn hall in Canberra and on December 2 at the Factory theatre in Sydney. These concerts are part of the East Asian promotional tour of the band.
The mixture of Mongolia’s nomadic way of living, the animal husbandry and wild, untouched nature creates one of the greatest cultural heritages and valuable folk art, which is to be inherited to many generations of the Mongolians to come. The KHUSUGTUN Ethnic-Ballad Group is proud of Mongolians’ great ancestors, and is keen not only to continue their priceless cultural intangible legacy but also to promote to the world the culture of one of the greatest civilizations in human history–the Mongols.
The group pursues a purpose to form its own specific singing called “Khoomei”, which uses the throat singing–a classic form of polyphone style singing in Mongolia’s creative folk art. With this polyphone style, Khusugtun has won the Golden Medal at a cappella category from the DELPHIC III World Art Olympus in the Republic of Korea in 2009, and the runner up in the “Asia got a talent” in 2015.
