My Chadagan

Earlier this week we met the Tuvan zither called the chadagan. All Around This World’s song “Chadagan” re-imagines a traditional Tuvan love song we first heard on the Smithsonian Folkways recording, “Musics of the Soviet Union,” listed as “Song from Khomeizhi.” You can sing along with the original version — “Chadaganym Khöömejimni kagbazy Khönü chitpes chadaganym Khölchüng kara urug-bile Khöörezhiir chadaganym . . .” — or start with ours.

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